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By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois' new secretary of state and Democrats in the General Assembly are pushing back against a ....
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Springfield, Ill. (AP) Illinois' new secretary of state and Democrats in the General Assembly are pushing back against a rise in challenges to books shelved in libraries. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who is also the state librarian, is spearheading legislation that would make state grants to libraries contingent on their establishing "a written policy prohibiting the practice of banning books." At stake is about $61 million annually to 1,600 public and school libraries. The legislation, HB2789, sponsored by Naperville Democratic Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, won House approval 69-39 last month and awaits action by the Democratic-controlled Senate. Illinois would be the nation's first state to adopt such a policy, according to Giannoulias. But it's far from the only state dealing with contention among the stacks. The American Library Association compiled 1,200 challenges to books nationally in 2022, nearly double the record number a year earlier. And librar ....