New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed a law Monday prohibiting book banning ... New Jersey is the third state to sign a law against book banning, following Minnesota and Illinois.

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.

This article was originally published in New Jersey Monitor. Librarians and schools weary from escalating efforts to ban books have new protections under legislation Gov ... sign the bill into law.

Last week, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law prohibiting school boards from arbitrarily banning books based on their content, setting into place a process for dealing with ...

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 comply with the law ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs law to prohibit book bans in public and school libraries in his state. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question ...

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.

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 ...