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Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

A transgender woman, the owners of an independent bookstore and an educator who teaches in costume are among those challenging Montana's first-in-the-nation law that bans people dressed in drag from reading to children in public schools or libraries

The Independent UK

Multi-million dollar cuts to scope of school building projects

Gyms, libraries and other critical learning spaces are being cut from school development plans, as the Ministry of Education struggles to manage soaring construction costs. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Nottingham libraries to get new investment over next four years

The four-year plan to invest comes despite the council admitting it cannot say with certainty the three libraries which were previously at risk of closure can now be totally protected.

Nottingham Post

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Enniskillen library: Stormont department issues update on delay to long-awaited upgrade

Fermanagh book lovers have been waiting a long time

Belfast Live

Recent op-eds about Canadian copyright law call on the Canadian government to stop allowing uncompensated copying in education.

The Conversation

Macron pledges to repair riot-damaged schools and town halls

Emmanuel Macron pledged swift government support to help mayors rebuild schools, libraries and town halls destroyed during a week of violence that swept across France after the police shooting of a teenager.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Idaho Republican Party’s rule changes have a precedent: The Soviet Politburo

Imagine Rep. Jane Smith voted against a bill to censor public libraries.

Tribune News Service

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Watch | All about P.N. Panicker, the father of Kerala’s library movement

A video on P.N. Panicker, the man behind Kerala’s high literacy rate

The Hindu

Michael Hiltzik: How profit-driven turmoil at Turner Classic Movies placed a vast cultural heritage at risk

It wasn't that long ago that the cause of film preservation and film history seemed to be on a roll. Multiple cable channels such as American Movie Classics, Bravo and Encore were devoted to classic films from the 1930s through the 1980s. When streaming supplanted scheduled cable programming, FilmStruck offered…

Los Angeles Times

Your ultimate school holiday activity guide for the Hunter

A full list of what's on for the school holidays in Newcastle and the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Rare book thought to have been used to convert Charles II to Catholicism goes on show

‘Not only is the 1623 edition of the Missale Romanum a rare book – just one other complete copy is recorded in UK libraries’

The Independent UK

States fight to save books from growing number of bans across U.S.

Illinois this week became the first state to pass a law penalizing libraries that ban books.

Axios

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #66

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia

Utah district returns Bible to school libraries after reversal of parent-led ban

Davis school district, north of Salt Lake City, voted unanimously to accept recommendation by subcommittee to reinstate book

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Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council unable to guarantee future of libraries 'saved' at start of year

Campaigners say there should not be a return to the "trauma" of last year when they fought to keep three libraries open

The Independent UK

Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry

The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month

The Texas Tribune

Llano County libraries case has lawyers and publishers worried about existing legal precedents

Libraries have been at the receiving end of book challenges, threats and new laws. Now, some worry a federal appeals court could chip away at long-standing protections.

Tribune News Service

School districts struggle to implement new laws on sexually explicit books

RICHMOND, Va. — Although a new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom, some districts are using that law as the basis to go further and remove certain books from schools altogether.

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Manchester Evening News

'Everyone knew and looked after each other': Manchester's lost estate where people would go back to live 'in a heartbeat'

Brook House flats in West Gorton fell victim to a city-wide programme of demolition, but is fondly remembered by those who lived there. Lee Grimsditch reports

Chronicle Live

King's Birthday Honours 2023: Full list of North East people applauded for their work

Here is a list of everyone from our region who has been honoured for their services to the community, from areas including Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland

The Conversation

Ukraine war: how Putin's anti-LGBTQ+ agenda is an attempt to build support for the invasion

Just a few months after a new version of Russia’s “gay propaganda” bill was signed into law in November 2022 by President Vladimir Putin, bookshops and libraries removed LGBTQ+ books from their shelves.

WEKU

Ashland is now home to an image of Henry Clay's enslaved valet Aaron Dupuy

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, is now home to a rare stereograph of the attorney and statemen’s enslaved valet. The transfer of Aaron Dupuy's picture from the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center to the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation took place Monday.

The Independent UK

Illinois governor signs ‘nation-leading’ law banning book bans

Democratic governor condemns ‘vitriolic strain of white nationalism’ fuelling threats to libraries

The Independent UK

'First of its kind' Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books

A new law signed in Illinois on Monday will require the state's libraries to uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval, starting on Jan. 1, 2024

The Hindu

Govt. school children in Varuna hobli receive library, play area

Kalisu Foundation, an NGO working to make books accessible to the children studying in government schools by building libraries, inaugurated its 90th library, and also a play area for the children of the Government Higher Primary School at Keelanapura village in Varuna hobli near Mysuru, on Monday, June 12.

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