Lawyers for book sellers argued that the "READER" Act would have imposed impossible obligations on booksellers and limited ...

A Trump-appointed federal judge wrote that a 2023 Texas law's requirements for library book ratings are "subjective, ...

A Waco judge this week made permanent a block on a state law that required book vendors to rate materials based on their ...

The two-year long legal battle over a Texas law will draw to an end after a federal court judge ruled Tuesday that the law ...

As a new Texas law further restricting what books students can check out of school libraries takes effect, local bans are gaining steam in districts across the state — in some cases going in startling ...

The Houston Chronicle's Lisa Falkenberg discusses her article about how some HISD elementary teachers have to sneak books ...

After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Kim Snyder’s new documentary made waves with the Texas Theatre audience ...

A decision by a New Orleans-based appeals court has slapped down a Texas law that would require booksellers to rate their products for sexual content if they want to do business with schools. Credit: ...

Carlos Barron said it’s important for young people to see themselves in the books they read. For him, one of those books was Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, a coming-of-age ...

Pictured are bookshelves at a school library in Houston. A bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries will soon go before Texas ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of booksellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas book ratings law they say could ban such classics "Romeo and Juliet" and "Of Mice and ...

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