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Cuyahoga County Public Library saw growth in nearly every area in 2024, according to its annual report released this week.

On a recent afternoon, Betsy Harrington used her laptop to scroll through pages of a book available in her teenage kids’ online school library. It’s a copy of “This Book Is Gay,” and she did not like what she saw.

In February, Radnor High School banned the books Gender Queer, Fun Home, and Blankets, after a parent reportedly complained to township officials that the books, which are graphic novels, contained child pornography. The superintendent of Radnor schools put together a committee to examine the books following the complaint, and the committee voted five to one […]

North Dakota’s Republican governor on Wednesday vetoed bills to further restrict sexual content in libraries and to create a private school voucher program, rejecting two measures that have seen widespread support by GOP governors in other states.

The US Naval Academy canceled a lecture that author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to give to students there last week after he refused to remove slides from his planned presentation that criticized the academy’s decision to remove nearly 400 books from its main library.

An executive order from President Donald Trump may put more than $2.7 million in Kentucky library funding at risk.

Senate Bill 1 has been signed by Governor Mike Braun in an effort to reform property taxes in Indiana. Many public services such as libraries say they stand to lose a significant chunk of their funding as the bill goes into effect.

After fiery debate, a North Carolina bill advanced through the state House on Wednesday that gives parents a bigger say in which books are allowed — or banned — from the state’s public and charter schools.