A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the enforcement of an Iowa state law that removes books with LGBTQ+ themes and references to sex acts from school libraries.

A US federal judge ... that school officials had long been limiting younger students’ access to age-inappropriate books well before Senate File 496 came into play. He emphasized that Iowa’s new ...

By Mitch Smith A federal judge in Iowa ... book’s literary, political, artistic or scientific value before requiring the book’s removal.” “The result is the forced removal of books from ...

Library book ban attempts are at an ... What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state ...