libraries

After getting some pushback, Mayor-President Sid Edwards has scaled back his controversial plan to rededicate funds from the East Baton Rouge library system.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how Mardi Gras is celebrated across the border in Alabama. Plus, we continue our book ban conversation with a look at Louisiana’s history of censorship. And, we hear a remembrance of the recently deceased New Orleans actor, producer and director, Luis Q. Barroso.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we dive into the book banning debate that’s been troubling communities across the state. First, we hear from the anti-book banning side in our conversation with the founders of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. Then, we speak with a representative from Citizens for a New Louisiana, a group that advocates for more public scrutiny over school library books.

New Orleans is one of only a handful of cities across the nation, and the only city in Louisiana, to supply public libraries with a drug that can stop...