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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-06-04

A bill that would give Texas parents and school boards significant power over deciding what books are permitted in their kids' public school libraries is now awaiting a final nod from Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-05-14

Following the May 3 election results, Katy ISD students and community members are asking school board members to repeal the Houston-area district's controversial book and gender policies. 

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-04-07

The future of funding that supports family reading programs, digitization of local archives and other library programming across Texas is unclear following a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-03-26

The Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the cyberattack on the county’s library system.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-03-12

The Fort Bend County Libraries system experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that caused a website outage. The cause of the attack remains under investigation.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-03-10

A bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries will soon go before Texas senators for a full vote.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-01-31

The Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted this week to terminate the county’s library director, following months of discussions regarding book policies.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-12-06

CYCLE, a Houston nonprofit, is awarding 7,500 bikes this year to local second-grade students in Title I schools who meet their literacy goals.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-12-05

Fort Bend County Commissioners Court failed to pass its legislative resolutions this week, following a debate over guns in libraries.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-11-08

The Houston Public Library system's new location in Montrose is scheduled to open next month.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-10-22

A Montgomery County committee charged with reviewing and vetting certain library books was condemned by an international publishing company after allegations it incorrectly categorized a historical children's book as fiction.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-10-04

Records we obtained from Cy-Fair ISD show its board's focus on libraries came after three people with close ties to trustees Todd LeCompte and Lucas Scanlon, and LeCompte himself, accounted for 52 of the 58 book challenges in 2022-23.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-09-27

A book about a child with a magical wig stirred debates and launched a months-long effort into its removal from the children's section of the League City library.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-09-11

After Cy-Fair ISD trustees eliminated more than half of the district's librarians, students and parents say their school libraries are open only part of the time this year. A fourth-grader at Fiest Elementary says that makes him "sad."

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-27

A Katy ISD student pointed out at Monday's board meeting that a copy of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" can be checked out of the Tompkins HS library. The trustees later voted to restrict books about gender fluidity in its campus libraries.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-26

A year after passing a controversial gender identity policy that prompted an ongoing civil rights investigation by the federal government, Katy ISD trustees are considering another gender-related measure pertaining to library materials.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-20

Katy school board trustees on Monday discussed a policy that would restrict from elementary and junior high libraries any books that discuss gender fluidity, giving district parents stronger authority on what books their children read.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-06-18

A month after voting to remove science textbook chapters that touch on topics such as climate change and vaccines, Cy-Fair ISD trustees have given themselves greater oversight over library materials in the Houston-area school district.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-06-06

Fort Bend ISD board discusses proposed policy that would have superintendent decide when to remove books

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-05-07

A University of Houston professor has won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize.

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