State legislators were stunned during a late-night budget debate when a veteran Republican lawmaker stood up and read graphic ...

A book-banning provision within the CT budget prompted a lawmaker to read sexually explicit material on the House floor ...

State Rep. Anne Dauphinais read an excerpt from "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" to protest a budget implementer bill.

AUSTIN — School boards could yank books off school library shelves if locals think they’re profane or indecent under ...

There is increasingly focus on the authorship of books, rather than evaluating whether ... It was not appropriate for the House floor. And it’s important to recognize that it should not have ...

Monday was "sine die" for the Texas Legislature — the last day of the 89th legislative session. Here’s what happened under ...

If it's too explicit to read aloud on the floor of the House chamber at the Oregon Capitol ... would institute statewide standards on when a book can be restricted from a school.

the Republican presiding over the House floor, then reminded members that they ... McGovern then pulled out a House rule book and asked if his admonishment was based on a principle in Jefferson ...

An unlikely group of Republican allies joined Democrats to approve repealing the ban, which has been unenforced since 2003. It is the first time the bill has made it to the House floor since it was ...

That means a continuous flurry of floor votes in both ... other legislation last week. The House will also debate bills seeking to implement policies around book bans in schools; to allow small ...