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Children’s picture books are the next targets for book bans

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

This series examines who and what drive objections to K-12 texts amid a culture war over what children should read.

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Old Lyme library refuses to remove two controversial books from its shelves

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Day (Connecticut)

Old Lyme ― The Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Board of Trustees on Tuesday weighed in on a controversy that has raised questions about the definition of censorship in the small, shoreline town…

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Moms for Liberty objections lead Leon County Schools superintendent to pull five books

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Palm Beach Post (Florida)

Following prodding from a Moms for Liberty chapter, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna decided to remove five books from high school libraries.

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Hoosier parents urged to get children vaccinated before school starts

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

"Routine immunizations are the best way to protect children from highly contagious diseases," said Dr. Lindsay Weaver, state health commissioner.

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Sanctioned former Indiana attorney general seeking Republican governor nomination

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. announced Monday he is seeking the 2024 Republican nomination for governor.

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How one university is bolstering rural health care

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Across the country, there has been rising alarm over the potential for hundreds of closures of rural hospitals that have been facing economic strain.

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Maine home-schooling numbers remain high following pandemic spike

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.

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Indiana appeals court sustains triple murder, arson convictions

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The Court of Appeals won't overturn the murder and arson convictions of a Gary man who shot his girlfriend and two of her relatives before setting her house on fire.

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Fight or Flight: Transgender Care Bans Leave Families and Doctors Scrambling

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Seattle Times (Washington)

In 20 states, bans or restrictions on transition-related medical care for transgender youths are upending the lives of families and medical providers.

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Who are the Moms for Liberty and what are their goals?

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Tiffany Justice says media coverage of her group hasn't been fair or accurate — nor is its designation as an ‘extremist group'

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Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Thursday, July 6th, 2023

via The New York Times (Iowa)

Laws in 20 states have left the fate of clinics in doubt and families with transgender children searching for medical care across state lines.

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Appeals court upholds 155-year prison term in Porter County child molest case

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the 155-year prison term issued to a Griffith man convicted of 9 felonies for his repeated sexual abuse of two teenage girls.

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McCallie, GPS drama over school plays is nationwide phenomenon

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via Times Free Press (Tennessee)

Stevie Ray Dallimore, an actor and teacher, had been running the theater program for Chattanooga's McCallie School for a decade, but he never faced a school year like this one.

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New name for Indiana veterinarian oversight board

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The new name is the Indiana Board of Veterinary Medicine, or VetBoard. It previously was known as the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

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LGBTQ+ authors hit back as US school book bans

Tuesday, July 4th, 2023

via Union Leader Corporation (New Hampshire)

SEATTLE -- When Maia Kobabe proudly put the finishing touches to the graphic novel "Gender Queer" in 2019, the American author had no idea of the storm that lay ahead.

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It’s Getting Hard to Stage a School Play Without Political Drama

Tuesday, July 4th, 2023

via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)

At a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to limit what can be staged in their auditoriums.

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Orange schools target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class

Monday, July 3rd, 2023

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

'A Room With a View,' 'Madame Bovary' and 'Paradise Lost' have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange schools for sexual content as the district seeks to comply with a new state law.…

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The fascist roots of book bans

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

via The Day (Connecticut)

Anyone following the Republican Party's sudden obsession with banning books across the nation knows very well that the entire thing is a farce. Consider that when the Washington Post analyzed 1,000…

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‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Parent activists at the Moms for Liberty annual summit roared at the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center for putting them on the 'hate map' and calling them an 'extremist group.'

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