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St. Tammany
Why youth activists in Louisiana say they’ll ‘no longer stay quiet’
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Lafayette
Council Preview: Parish may remove MP’s pick from Library Board
The Current
Some on Lafayette library board still want to lease space for new Northeast branch
The Advocate
Statewide
Louisiana Senate approves restrictions on children’s library access
Louisiana Illuminator
Bill to allow library board members to be fired without cause killed in committee
Livingston
Amid fight over book content, bill to add members to Livingston library board advances
Editorial: Senators wrongly cut off public input
NOLA.com
Letters: Education panel shortchanged librarians
Controversial library bill advances from Louisiana Senate committee – again
Louisiana senators refuse to let opposition testify, advance library restriction bill
The Daily Advertiser
Louisiana Senate committee blocks opponent testimony on library bill, then approves it
Letter to the Editor: Louisiana Senate Bill 7 is an authoritarian nightmare
LSU Reveille
Jefferson
Jefferson Parish Library won't remove or reshelve 12 challenged books
Debate abruptly cut off during hearing for controversial library bill
WVLA/WGMB
BRPROUD.com
Senate committee pushes through library restriction bill without hearing from opposition
St. Tammany library signs off on policy to relieve burden of book challenges
The Illuminator
St. Tammany whack-a-mole isn't a game
The school librarian in the middle of Louisiana’s war on libraries
The Independent
Lafafyette
Lafayette library appointing authority unchanged; council may consider reducing library board size
The Acadiana Advocate
Ouachita
Ouachita library board quietly sequesters sexually explicit books
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St. Tammany group protests proposed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
WGNO
Jefferson Parish librarians reviewing 12 books with gender, sexual themes following complaints
Book ban protest sign set on fire in St. Tammany Parish
WWL
Teens take on anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in conservative St. Tammany
Orleans
Ben Franklin High School students walk out to protest anti-LGBTQ+ bills
Lincoln
Lincoln Parish Library Board of Control discusses library bills with citizens
KTVE
