book bans

By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With major publishing companies and authors arguing a 2023 state law violates First Amendment rights, a federal judge Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit...

Florida is trying to fend off a lawsuit by publishing companies and authors over the removal of books from school libraries.

The U.S. Magistrate Judge rejected a request that would have shielded the child from having to testify in a deposition.

Litigation in the Florida county has intensified amid a nationwide controversy over school districts’ moves to limit access to school books.

The Florida school board want a judge reject a protective order to shield the child from having to testify in a deposition.

“And Tango Makes Three” tells the story of two male penguins who raised a penguin chick at New York’s Central Park Zoo.

Plaintiffs against the Escambia County School Board asked a judge to order officials to return to the shelves seven banned books.

Escambia County School Board members want to be shielded from testifying about decisions to remove or restrict access to school library books

A federal lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Nassau County schools to remove or restrict access to library books.

A judge sent to mediation a lawsuit about the removal of the book “And Tango Makes Three” from Escambia County school library shelves.

Florida is now LAST in the nation in teacher pay, according to a recent survey reported by the National Education Association! We discussed that, the State's pre-emption of the allocation of state education funding, the...

More than 1,200 objections were filed to school library books last school year in Florida. A new law limits challenges by some people.