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Texas School Board Censures Right-Wing Member Caught in Library

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Karen Lowery was accused of lying to gain access to a high-school’s book collection, but denies it.

Texas School Board Censures Right-Wing Member Caught in Library

A far-right member of the school board in a Texas town, who has been on a crusade to ban books, was censured on Wednesday night for allegedly lying to gain access to a high school library.

The 5-2 vote to reprimand Karen Lowery came after dozens of residents of Granbury—evenly divided between those who were appalled by her actions and those who defended her—spoke during a five-hour meeting about what’s being called Librarygate.

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