SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan or ...

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan or ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan or ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (PIX11) — New Jersey looks to turn the page on book bans as Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Freedom to Read Act on Monday. The legislation, signed at the Princeton ...

The legislation makes the Aitken Bible, the first printed in the U.S. during the Revolutionary War, and nine other works official state books.

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed the Freedom to Read Act into law in an effort to prevent “arbitrary” book banning and protect the rights of students, parents and communities at New Jersey schools ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy at the Princeton Public Library on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, signs legislation aimed at barring public libraries and schools from banning books. (AP) ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy at the Princeton Public Library on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, signs legislation aimed at barring public libraries and schools from banning books.

It would prohibit school libraries from removing books on the basis of their being about or by a member of a protected class as defined in Oregon’s anti-discrimination law.

Florida and Texas top the list of states with the most banned books, as the growing movement to censor books in the U.S. intensifies. In 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation in ...

A bill awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature would prohibit public libraries from banning books that deal with topics like race or sexuality. Why it matters: The bill was introduced by state ...

But Murphy, a Democrat, signed the bill into law at a ceremony in the children’s section of the Princeton Public Library, with rows of kids’ books behind the lectern.