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On a sunny Friday afternoon, the Summerglen Library branch in north Fort Worth is bustling with patrons doing anything but reading. Some are participating in a weekly Spanish class, others are casting their ballots during early voting and playing games on desktops.
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Lou Anne Mauldin and Carol Hafer, librarians for Broadway Baptist Church, remember feeling shocked to learn that a book they ordered for the church had a previous life at a Massachusetts high school.
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Parents from Katy, Austin and Keller recently launched the Texas Freedom to Read Project. All were angry over growing book bans they say infringe on free speech and access to ideas.
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House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.
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Clark was previously the director of library and cultural services for the city of Aurora, Colorado. She oversaw seven public libraries, a bookmobile, two arts centers, a history museum and historic sites, and cultural arts education.
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Plus, council approves more money for Forest Park Pool, legal defense contract for short-term rental ordinance.
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The district's libraries will remain closed to allow library staff time to make sure the district is in compliance with a new law regulating "sexual content" in school libraries, according to a district spokesperson.
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A new report from PEN America shows expanding censorship of books, especially those centered on themes of race, history, sexual orientation and gender.
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An Arlington resident suggested city council members hear perspectives from transgender people and the parents of trans children after District 5 Council member Rebecca Boxall posted her disdain for a children’s book about a child’s coming out.
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Llano County commissioners considered whether they should shut down its library system entirely instead of complying with a federal judge's ruling that they must return 17 banned books to the library system.
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The Houston Chronicle found at least five cases where law enforcement was called to investigate possible obscenity in a library book.
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Draft city ordinances would allow people to sue librarians over “obscene” material.