Under the new plan the board's decision would require a supermajority of six of the board's nine members to ban a book.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed 27 new laws, addressing education, health care, housing, and veterans' services, including an anti-book ban measure.

Martha Hickson, a recently retired media specialist who fought censorship at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) after he ...

Laws like New Jersey’s Freedom to Read Act should be a signal to lawmakers and governors in more liberal states that it’s time to play offense.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has made it official: banning books in public and school libraries will now be against the law in the Garden State.

Dive Brief: New Jersey is the latest state to enact an anti-book ban law for schools and libraries, joining other Democratic-leaning states like Illinois, California, Minnesota and Maryland.

N.J. law now prohibits book bans in libraries, so issues can be raised ‘without resorting to bullying’ New Jersey passed the Freedom to Read Act, joining at least eight other states in passing laws to ...

A new law in N.J. limits the banning of books in schools and public libraries A new law enacted in New Jersey will limit how a book can be banned in schools and public libraries, and protect ...

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Monday; the legislation aims to stem "arbitrary" book bans in libraries.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law on Monday to prohibit public and school libraries in the northeastern U.S. state from banning books and to enshrine ...