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.
After garnering national headlines, a group of Llano County commissioners on Thursday voted to table the idea of closing its public libraries. But as a federal lawsuit over the library s illegal removal of books it deemed offensive continues, library supporters say the library s future remains uncertain.
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