Every year or two some legislators in the state General Assembly file bills that would make it more difficult for citizens to find legal notices. Now three state senators have introduced Senate Bill …
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The Transylvania Times
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3/30/17
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A cyberattack slowed county government to a crawl Wednesday in North Carolina's most populous metro area as deputies processed jail inmates by hand, the tax office turned away electronic payments and …
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JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
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12/8/17
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The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) 1 and the North Carolina Press Association (NCPA)2 strongly support the Government Transparency Act of 2021 – Senate Bill 355 – …
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4/1/21
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Guilford County commissioners pushed to January a public hearing on whether to take over publishing public notices, responding to the request of local newspaper publishers who wanted more time to …
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12/8/17
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The following are all true North Carolina stories — but we never learned the whole story, or else learned it well after the fact:
— A popular schools superintendent in Moore County …
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The Fayetteville Observer
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4/6/21
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North Carolina taxpayers will have access to the reasons why government employees are hired, fired, promoted, demoted or suspended if a bill proposed in the state Legislature and cosponsored by state …
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Amy B. McCraw,
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4/6/21
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During the legislative session, public notices are at the top of our watch list. This time of year also generates a lot of questions on what exactly is public notice, where and when they must publish …
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4/4/17
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State Sen. Rick Horner wants to ensure public legal notices — important announcements of special meetings, land transfers, contract bids and other government actions — are posted where …
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Wilson Times
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4/4/17
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RALEIGH -- Bills filed in the N.C. House and Senate would preserve the requirement that governments publish legal notices in newspapers, a step press advocates are hailing as a victory for the …
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Adam Wagner, StarNews Staff
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4/7/17
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Jackie Torok, The Brunswick Beacon
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4/13/17
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Delinquent tax payers owned Moore County $1.37 million when the county published its annual tax liens in the March 8 edition of The Pilot.The 12-page section listed the names of delinquent tax …
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David Sinclair, The Pilot
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4/13/17
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State Rep. Ken Goodman of Rockingham, speaking of the importance of continuing to require the publication of legal notices in general circulation newspapers, said, “Newspaper not only are a …
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News & Observer Editorial Board
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4/13/17
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Some North Carolina lawmakers want local governments to compete with newspapers and sell legal advertising, making important information more difficult to find.
Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, …
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The Wilson Times, The Anson Record, The Warren Record
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4/13/17
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The Daily Record, courtesy of Jacksonville Daily News
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4/13/17
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Lawmakers in the N.C. General Assembly will again take up what, on its face, seems a commonsense bill that would open the disciplinary records of government employees. The Government Transparency Act …
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John Trump Wake Weekly
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9/29/22
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If State Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, has her way, legal advertising will no longer be required in North Carolina newspapers. But Pamlico County’s Norman Sanderson is working with others to …
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Jacksonville Daily News, New Bern Sun Journal
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4/13/17
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German poet and writer Georg Buchner may have lived 200 years ago but his words still ring true today, "Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body."
In …
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The Sanford Herald
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4/13/17
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Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of public employees, is generating significant resistance from various state organizations that have …
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Carteret County News Times Editorial
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5/7/21
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The NC Press Association 1) corrects the misinformation in NCAE's letter about the public records laws in other states (where virtually complete public access to the entire government personnel file …
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5/10/21
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