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Iberia

Iberia Parish schools remove, review book with LGBTQ+ themes after complaint

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St. Tammany

St. Tammany library board reverses course on pulling challenged books from shelves

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Statewide

AG Landry’s guidance on minors’ library access already shaping local decisions

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Jackson

Library Board holds special meeting on disposition of controversial books

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St. Tammany

Book restriction debate comes to St. Tammany School Board. Will book challenges follow in schools?

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St. Tammany

Activists turn their eyes toward book bans in St. Tammany school libraries

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Statewide

Inside the book-ban machine: The rise of 'parental rights' groups and their efforts to ban books

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Statewide

Sen. Kennedy reads graphic excerpts of novels during discussion on book bans in Senate Committee

WAFB

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Lafayette

Letters: Council's choices are at the root of Lafayette library chaos

The Times-Picayune

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Lafayette

Lafayette Library Board of Control votes to buy land for northeast regional library

KLFY

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Statewide

U.S. Senate Judiciary Republicans: Book bans aren’t bans

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St. Tammany

Lafayette library board votes to buy land to build Northeast Regional Library

The Acadiana Advocate

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Lafayette

Embattled Lafayette library board enters new era of good governance, advocates predict

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St. Tammany

St. Tammany woman who lodged 150 book challenges issued summons in council meeting skirmish

The Times-Picayune

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St. Tammany

15 People Got 172 Books Pulled From a Library Serving a Quarter Million Residents

The Mary Sue

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St. Tammany

Book-banning fanatic assaults opponent. She’s demanding an X-rated section in the library

LGBTQ Nation

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St. Tammany

Library tension flares anew in St. Tammany, as patrons blast council and issue sparks altercation

The Times-Picayune

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Lafayette

Lafayette councilman, residents call for removal of library board member

The Acadiana Advocate

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St. Tammany

What happens when filing a book complaint in St. Tammany? The author gets a tiny paycheck

The Times-Picayune

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St. Tammany

St. Tammany Parish Council wades into library content, priming more controversy

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Lafayette

Lafayette library board president Robert Judge relinquishes leadership role

The Acadiana Advocate

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Livingston

The plot thickens: The battle over books comes at a cost

NPR

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Lafayette

Lafayette library board president removed, but parish could still be on the hook for his actions

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Lafayette

Editorial: Latest Lafayette Library Board drama too pathetic for words

The Times-Picayune

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Lafayette

Petition to remove Lafayette library board president circulates online

KLFY

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Lafayette

Former Lafayette library director thinks Northeast Regional will never be built

The Acadiana Advocate

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Lafayette

Ex Lafayette library director sues over illegal termination

The Acadiana Advocate

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Lafayette

Lafayette library board reverses decision to fire director, allowing him to resign

Acadiana Advocate

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Lafayette

Lafayette library board rescinds illegal firing of director, who resigns

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