For the second time, U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher found an Iowa law limiting what books schools can offer likely violates the First Amendment.

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the enforcement of an Iowa state law that removes books with LGBTQ+ themes and references to sex acts from school libraries.

A federal judge issued a temporary injunction — again — to block the state’s ban on books with sexual content in K-12 school libraries. Iowa legislators passed the bill in early 2023.

A federal judge on Tuesday put a hold on an Iowa law that says schools cannot carry books that depict sex acts. District Judge Stephen Locher placed a temporary block on the ban, saying there were ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal ... Judge Stephen Locher again temporarily blocked the part of the law that prohibits school ...

While a New Hampshire judge blocked enforcement for schools related to groups that brought a lawsuit, a Maryland order ...

On March 25, U.S. District Court judge Stephen Locher of the Southern District of Iowa ... books from a school; and Pratt v. Independent School District No. 831, an effort to ban films shown ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - An Iowa school district says it will consult with its lawyers as a federal judge places a hold ... But with those previously banned books allowed to return, schools ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge concluded Tuesday there is no prior legal example to reason why the state can ban all books that illustrate or describe “sex acts” from school libraries.