In a new appeal, Texas Attorney General (and GOP Senate candidate) Ken Paxton's office now asserts that a federal court erred by interpreting the state's role under H.B. 900 as a regulator rather than as mere marketplace participant, an argument the plaintiff appellees call "pure fiction."
Among the week's headlines: Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter appears before the Senate; Illinois librarians take to the airwaves in support of their library ebook bill; a lawsuit over Utah's book ban law gets its first hearing; and ALA reveals its 2026 intellectual freedom award winners.
Amid surging demand, budget stress, high prices and unwieldy restrictions, librarians say the digital library market is unsustainable and they are looking to a new wave of proposed legislation to support some fundamental reforms.
