The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

'It's always good to go. It's definitely a positive thing.'

Priority bills that died include a 10-year minimum sentencing for gun-related crimes, a ban on “critical race theory” at public universities and LGBTQ-related legislation. While the bills may be dead, lawmakers have a limited time to attach their ideas to legislation that is still alive.

She was there to help create a 'dream library'

Titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and certain political figures have been pulled from shelves

Chief executive John Lee says residents should not be exposed to ‘unhealthy ideas’.

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures

Education authorities in the US county of Duval, in Florida, reject claims a book by renowned Australian children's author Mem Fox has been banned from classrooms, saying the work has instead been "approved" for school libraries and is not on a list of 21 "not-approved" titles.

Failure to comply is a third-degree felony, which can carry a prison sentence of up to five years in Florida.

Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive