Texas County Votes Not to Close Libraries After Banned Books Return to Shelves
Officials in Llano County, Texas, have voted not to close the county’s library system after a federal judge last month ...
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Officials in Llano County, Texas, have voted not to close the county’s library system after a federal judge last month ...
Following public comments both for and against a possible shutdown, the Llano County Commissioners Court decided to remove consideration of a possible closure from the agenda, assuring its three libraries remain open.
Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday but drew back from the option of shutting their public library system rather than heeding a federal judge's order to return books to the shelves that many parents deemed inappropriate.
A federal judge ordered a Texas library to return books that were moved because they were controversial. Leaders of the Texas county considered shutting down the town's public library.
The federal judge’s order requires the library system to update its online catalog to reflect the 17 books are available for checkout, and it prohibits officials from removing any more books.