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Empty campsite with dogs set off search for missing owner, Texas cops say. Body found
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Empty campsite with dogs set off search for missing owner, Texas cops say ...
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Librarian sues Texas county after being fired for refusing to remove banned books
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Former librarian sues Texas county, alleges she was fired for refusing to remove books
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Former librarian sues Texas county, alleges she was fired for refusing to ...
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'Gucci Goddess' stiffed contractor for luxury home work, firm claims: Field Construction filed lien for $80,000 of remodeling work to a home that prosecutors are ...
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'Gucci Goddess' stiffed contractor for luxury home work, firm claims
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Grammy winning country music star ‘died on stage after a successful encore’: New details have emerged in the country music legend's death.
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Grammy winning country music star ‘died on stage after a successful ...
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Jo-El Sonnier, country and Cajun singer, dies after Texas concert: Jo-El Sonnier, a country and Cajun singer who appeared on 'True Detective' and in the film ...
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Jo-El Sonnier, country and Cajun singer, dies after Texas concert
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Texas land owner’s planned private dam sparks opposition along Llano River: Texas has thousands of private dams, but a former oil executive’s application to ...
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Texas land owner’s planned private dam sparks opposition along Llano River
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How to access banned books through this free digital library: "Every time a book is banned from a library, we're going to help put it right back."
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How to access banned books through this free digital library
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Texas highways are the next anti-abortion target: Even in conservative corners of Texas, efforts to crack down on abortion travel are meeting resistance with ...
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Texas highways are the next anti-abortion target
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Mexico’s president slams Texas governor as ‘inhumane’: At a press briefing Thursday, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador said Texas’ anti-immigration ...
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Mexico’s president slams Texas governor as ‘inhumane’
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Llano County officials decide to keep libraries open: Llano County commissioners had considered closing the three libraries in response to a ruling from a ...
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Llano County officials decide to keep libraries open
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Texas county will not shutter libraries in book ban dispute: The vote on the shutdown was the latest maneuver in a battle over contested titles pertaining to ...
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Texas county will not shutter libraries in book ban dispute
Quick Glance: Texas County Considers Closing Libraries
  • Officials in Llano County, Central Texas are considering closing public libraries after a federal judge ordered the return of banned books to shelves.

  • The county operates three libraries with nine full or part-time employees, not including the library director.

  • The county is considering library closure to avoid lawsuits from disgruntled patrons who disagree with selection or weeding decisions.

  • A member of the county Library Advisory Board called Llano County officials 'amazing' and supported the judge's decision to return the banned books to shelves.
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The American war on books: A prominent feature of the assault on freedom of thought and expression in the US is the race to ban books.
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The American war on books
Quick Glance: The American Battle Against Books
  • Between July 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, a total of 1,586 book bans occurred in school libraries and classrooms across 26 US states.

  • Texas led with 713 bans, followed by Pennsylvania with 456, Florida with 204, and Oklahoma with 43.

  • Book bans are nothing new in America and have been around since the 17th century.

  • Despite the questionable success rate of book bans, they can serve as a distraction from real societal problems.
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Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates: Some libraries are now facing an existential threat: They could lose their ...
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Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books ...
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A rural Texas county just blinked on library closures. Pressure worked.: When the national spotlight shines, the forces of censorship retreat.
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A rural Texas county just blinked on library closures. Pressure worked.
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Federal judge orders books with LGBTQ content to return to library shelves in Texas - UPI.com
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Federal judge orders books with LGBTQ content to return to library shelves ...
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Llano County officials must offer library books they’d removed, judge says: Local officials are appealing the order in a lawsuit that drew national attention ...
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Llano County officials must offer library books they’d removed, judge says
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What did downtown look like decades ago? See for yourself with these old Hollywood photos
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What did downtown look like decades ago? See for yourself with these old ...
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Book Banners Are Now Trying to Close Public Libraries: After a judge told a county to return 17 library books to shelves, local officials considered closing down ...
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Book Banners Are Now Trying to Close Public Libraries
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New Hollywood food hall is history in the remaking: Block 40 coming in September: Owners of Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery will open Block 40 Food Hall within a ...
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New Hollywood food hall is history in the remaking: Block 40 coming in ...
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Texas county keeps libraries open amid fight over banned books: Llano County - with a population of about 22,000 located in central Texas - is the latest ...
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Texas county keeps libraries open amid fight over banned books
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Canada is seeing a rise in Russian cyber-threat activity, we're learning more about the new Omicron subvariant Arcturus and millennial renters will have to ... Show more
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Texas judge stops book removals in Llano libraries: A federal district court judge interrupted the ongoing removal of books, many with LGBTQ themes ...
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Texas judge stops book removals in Llano libraries
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Dog Shot Multiple Times for 'Being on the Wrong Side of the Wrong Fence': The 2-year-old Great Pyrenees mix has now found a foster home, thanks to a humane ...
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Dog Shot Multiple Times for 'Being on the Wrong Side of the Wrong Fence'
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Santa Rosa secures federal funding for work to replace aging sewer pipe: The city will replace an aging pipe that transports wastewater to the city’s Llano Road ...
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Santa Rosa secures federal funding for work to replace aging sewer pipe
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Can new Spanish law lay the ghosts of the Civil War to rest?: ‘Democratic Memory Laws’ bring some relief to families of General Franco’s victims ...
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Can new Spanish law lay the ghosts of the Civil War to rest?
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The restaurant in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre house is now called Hooper's
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The restaurant in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre house is now called ...
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The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre house's new owners will celebrate its history
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Texas library book ban lawsuit goes before Austin judge: "It's a downhill slope of craziness," a recently resigned librarian tells Axios.
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Texas library book ban lawsuit goes before Austin judge
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Spain relocates remains of Franco ally behind death of thousands: The remains of a Francoist general who is believed to have ordered the shooting of Spain's ...
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Spain relocates remains of Franco ally behind death of thousands
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Changes coming for downtown Covington, from Southern Hotel expansion to boutique bowling
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Changes coming for downtown Covington, from Southern Hotel expansion to ...
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Spain to relocate remains of Franco's fascist allies to more low-key graves: Spain is planning to relocate the remains of Antonio Primo de Rivera and Gonzalo ...
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Spain to relocate remains of Franco's fascist allies to more low-key ...