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The Saline County Quorum Court now has the power to hire and fire library employees.
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Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday.
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Plaintiffs claim Act 372, which allows librarians to face legal penalties for providing "harmful" material to minors, is too vague and opens the door to viewpoint discrimination.
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The Saline County Quorum Court will decide next month whether to shift some control over the library system’s staff, budget and operations to the county judge.
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24 Saline County residents spoke Monday night on the proposed changes to the county ordinance that created the library board.
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A lawsuit is underway against a law to regulate books found in Arkansas libraries.
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A display of LGBTQ-themed books at the Crawford County Library has triggered a series of debates about children's literature and the separation of church and state.
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Several Arkansas libraries and library associations are suing Crawford County officials and state prosecuting attorneys in an effort to overturn Act 372.
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Some community members believed content in books with LGBTQ characters is too sexually explicit for the library.
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The Saline County Quorum Court on Monday passed a resolution in light of a state law signed in March that allows people to challenge library materials considered “obscene.”