Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on June 12, 2023, signed into law a bill that he says will make Illinois the first state in the USA to outlaw book bans. Illinois public libraries that restrict or ban materials because of “partisan or doctrinal” disapproval will be ineligible for state funding as…Read More
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