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 ...

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 ...

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.

On March 25, U.S. District Court judge Stephen Locher of the Southern District of Iowa reinstated an injunction against book ... school; and Pratt v. Independent School District No. 831, an effort ...

A federal judge on Tuesday put a hold on an Iowa law that ... for the 2024-25 school year. “The bottom line is that the unconstitutional applications of the book restrictions in Senate File ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal ... Judge Stephen Locher again temporarily blocked the part of the law that prohibits school ...

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 ...