As protests over George Floyd’s murder roiled Denver and the nation five years ago, Colorado lawmakers convened an extraordinary summer session and passed legislation requiring every law enforcement agency to…
Suzette Baker, from unincorporated Kingsland, was feted recently by the Authors Guild in New York City as a “Champion of Writers”—the first-ever recipient of a national award established to honor…
In a 23-page decision dated August 27, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman—the same judge who, in March 2023, ordered several books banned by Llano County officials returned to library shelves—denied most…
Rhea Young, a career librarian for over twenty years, found out her job was on the line two weeks ago when she read the Montgomery County Commissioners Court agenda. Young was blindsided by the…
Tina Castelan says she “wouldn’t be alive" without the public library in her small Texas Hill Country town. As a severely depressed high-schooler, Castelan picked up “Impulse” by Ellen Hopkins,…
LLANO, Texas — A former Llano County librarian reached a settlement in her wrongful termination lawsuit stemming from a refusal to remove books with content related to race and LGBTQ+ experiences. Suzette…
Llano County has agreed to settle a lawsuit over its firing of librarian Suzette Baker amid a pressure campaign to remove several books from its public libraries, according to a Thursday court…
Former librarian Suzette Baker will receive $225,000 in a settlement of her wrongful termination lawsuit against Llano County, according to an agreement shared with the American-Statesman. The settlement, which will…
Texas might not be the ground zero of book-banning; as in so many reactionary, censorious matters, it still has to contend with Florida. But the state still loves to tell people,…
A former library official is pushing back against the political forces that ended her decades-long career in the Campbell County Public Library system, bringing her second of two federal lawsuits…