On Monday (Dec. 9), New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act. Under the new law, public schools and libraries are prohibited from arbitrarily banning age-appropriate books.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed a law Monday prohibiting book banning ... New Jersey is the third state to sign a law against book banning, following Minnesota and Illinois.

(Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor) Librarians and schools weary from escalating efforts to ban books have new protections under legislation Gov ... Murphy sign the bill into law.

signs legislation aimed at barring public libraries and schools from banning books. (AP photo/Mike Catalini) PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to ...

Under the Freedom to Read Act, signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, New Jersey ... laws — particularly in Illinois, which in 2023 became the first to implement a prohibition on book bans.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed a law Monday prohibiting book banning in state libraries ... New Jersey is the third state to sign a law against book banning, following Minnesota and Illinois.

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the ... pen Murphy used to sign the bill that ...