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The struggle in Llano County, home to about 20,000 people in the Texas hill country outside of Austin, reflects an explosion of attempts in recent years to ban...

The struggle in Llano County, home to about 20,000 people in the Texas hill country outside of Austin, reflects an explosion of attempts in recent years to ban...

Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday but drew back from the drastic option of shutting their public library system rather than heeding a federal judge's order to return books to the shelves on themes ranging from teen sexuality and gender to bigotry and race.

LLANO, Texas -- A rural county in Texas will keep its libraries open after leaders considered shutting them down in the wake of a federal judge's order to replace 17 banned books on their shelves, officials here decided Thursday.

Llano County commissioners considered whether they should shut down its library system entirely instead of complying with a federal judge's ruling that they must return 17 banned books to the library system.

Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday to consider the drastic...

On Thursday, the county commissioner and judge chose to remove the item off of its agenda.

The struggle in Llano County, home to about 20,000 people in the Texas hill country outside of Austin, reflects an explosion of attempts in recent years to ban...

The struggle in Llano County, home to about 20,000 people in the Texas hill country outside of Austin, reflects an explosion of attempts in recent years to ban...

The struggle in Llano County, home to about 20,000 people in the Texas hill country outside of Austin, reflects an explosion of attempts in recent years to ban...