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Will Georgia Senators ‘Throw The Book’ at Librarians? What We Know

by B.T. ClarkFebruary 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Georgia Senators are trying again to strip librarians of their immunity from a law against distributing pornography to minors. A law dating back to the 1960s makes it illegal to distribute materials to minors deemed to be “harmful” to them. Librarians were exempted from the law during the 1980s.  Senate Bill 74, which the Senate […]

Posted inCommentary

Georgia’ s Elected Officials Want to Ban Books. Meanwhile, the State’s Literacy Rate is Shameful

by Thom ChandlerMarch 2, 2024March 2, 2024
Posted inYour Government

Georgia Republicans Escalate ‘War on Books’ With More Legislation Targeting School Libraries

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024
Posted inEducation

Cobb Education Chief Defends Removing Books

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 15, 2023October 10, 2023
Posted inEducation

More than 1,600 books were banned in the U.S. last year and Georgia schools are a target

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 20, 2022September 20, 2022
Posted inYour Government

Brian Kemp signs set of controversial education bills

by Thom ChandlerApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022
Posted inYour Family

Georgia GOP plan to make it easier to ban books faces backlash

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 2022
Posted inYour Government

Georgia Republicans push book bans in school libraries

by Thom ChandlerNovember 17, 2021November 17, 2021
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