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 governor Phil Murphy signed a law on Monday to prohibit the banning of books in public and school libraries, diverging from the approach that Republican-led states have taken against ...

(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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 state and to enshrine protections against civil and ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...