ROUND ROCK, Texas — More than 800 new laws take effect in Texas on Monday, with many aimed at public education. Among them is Senate Bill 13, which reshapes how school library books are selected, ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a Texas law that would require ratings from booksellers that deal with school libraries, agreeing with a lower court that found it unconstitutional.

A new state law makes it more difficult to impose book bans, but some of the county’s larger libraries see the legislation largely as a formality, rather than an urgent protection mechanism against ...

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down key provisions of a Florida law that’s been used to remove hundreds of books from public school libraries since it was enacted in 2023. “It’s a complete ...