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Arkansas panel revises proposal restricting access to ‘sexually explicit’ library materials

  • Tess Vrbin

The Arkansas State Library Board on Friday revised its proposed rule limiting access to “sexually explicit” materials over concerns its original proposal could unfairly punish libraries that accidentally place restricted books on shelves. Arkansans will have until Sept. 13 to give the state Department of Education feedback on the new version of the proposal, which […]

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Arkansas librarians grapple with enforcing book restriction law after court ruling

  • Tess Vrbin

Arkansas library directors said they have several unanswered questions about how a 2023 state law restricting access to library materials will be enforced after a federal appeals court ruled that it can go into effect. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction on two sections of Act 372 on July 30 but […]

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What Missouri officials didn’t explain about an LGBTQ+ library story time

  • Jason Hancock

Denny Hoskins wants to cut a library’s funding over two books he has not read. He Googled them, saw excerpts and looked at some pictures. For Missouri’s secretary of state, that was enough. The books are “Rainbowsaurus,” the tale of a family searching for a rainbow dinosaur, and “Big Wig,” about a child who wins […]