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Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Monday outlawing"book bans" in public libraries throughout the state.
The legislation would prohibit the restriction of materials in state libraries, as has been occurring in several red states across the country. House Bill 2789 requires the state librarian and the Illinois State Library to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, specifically noting the portion that"indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval."...
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Illinois becomes the first state to prohibit libraries from banning booksDemocratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday pushed back against the largely conservative culture war movement.
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Watch: Pritzker signs bill making Illinois first state to outlaw book bansThe legislation, which was authored in response to efforts in other states to restrict access to reading materials for political and personal reasons, passed the Senate in early May after being approved by the House last year.
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JB Pritzker signs bill making Illinois the first state to outlaw 'book bans'Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) signed a bill on Monday outlawing 'book bans' in public libraries throughout the state.
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Illinois First U.S. State to Restrict Book Bans in Libraries“Regimes ban books, not democracies,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Portrait Added to State Capitol’s ‘Hall of Governors’The Winnetka Republican-turned-Florida resident on Monday unveiled the portrait painted by Chicago Artist Richard Halstead and privately funded by Rauner. He downplayed the artwork as “not that big a deal” and declined to stray far from a message of “thanks” to the people of Illinois.
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