IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. A FEDERAL JUDGE HEARD A REQUEST TODAY TO BLOCK IOWA’S SO-CALLED BOOK BAN LAW ONCE AGAIN. THE LAW CREATED RESTRICTIONS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES ON AGE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS. IT WAS ...

The school year is back in full swing for students and educators, and under a new law, every district is required to establish policies to ensure school libraries have a process in place for handling ...

A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated an Iowa law that bans books depicting sex acts from school libraries and bars instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation through 6th grade.

Orlando, Florida — On 16-year-old Jack Hayes' bookshelf you'll find books that may no longer be available in some Florida classrooms, such as the Kurt Vonnegut classic "Slaughterhouse-Five." His ...

Portions of Iowa's 2023 law banning books and "age-inappropriate" topics from schools are once again on hold after a federal judge, revisiting his previous ruling, concluded for a second time that the ...

In yet another case, Florida's government is arguing that book removals in public schools are "government speech," meaning they are unrestricted by the First Amendment. It's a controversial legal ...

A federal judge ruled part of a Florida law used to remove books from schools is unconstitutionally vague. The ruling focuses on the law's language prohibiting books that "describe sexual conduct," ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — A new Tennessee law that specifically bans books with sexually explicit imagery went into effect on Monday. It changes the state's existing restrictions on materials allowed in ...

Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal judge said Tuesday, giving major publishers that sued the state the second temporary reprieve they requested. The new ...

A federal judge has blocked elements of Texas' House Bill 900, which sought to restrict which books are available in school libraries, saying the law is unconstitutional. The 2023 Texas law requiring ...