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Did you know that the local shop half a mile from the park where your kids like to play now sells alcohol? or that the prominent business in the community hasn't paid their property taxes in …
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Tia'Lavon Hill
The Dispatch
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2/15/21
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It was good to hear that area lawmakers appear to be backing off their initial support for House Bill 51, legislation that seeks to change where local governments in 12 area counties post notices of …
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The Daily Advance
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2/15/21
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Are you OK with government officials limiting who can speak at public hearings or keeping you in the dark on things like tax increases or zoning changes or continued meetings?
House Bill 51 …
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Emily Weaver
Daily Record
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2/12/21
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A month from today, The Pilot will print its annual listing of people who owe Moore County taxes.
The special section is usually 10 or 12 pages of name after name of people who owe …
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The Pilot
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2/11/21
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With Gov. Roy Cooper on record against the change, efforts to move legal and public notices out of newspapers are taking a different approach this year to skirt a potential veto. House Republicans …
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COLIN CAMPBELL, THE INSIDER
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2/9/21
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A bill has been filed in the N.C. General Assembly that would allow local governments in 14 counties, including Forsyth, to file their required legal notices on their websites, rather than in local …
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Richard Craver
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2/5/21
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Like a bad penny, legislation to hide public notices from the public is back in N.C. General Assembly.
House members have filed separate bills that would allow 14 counties in the Piedmont and …
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Philip M. Lucey
NC Press Association
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2/4/21
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SALISBURY — Rep. Harry Warren, a Republican serving state House District 76, last week introduced a bill that would allow a slew of counties to publish public notices on their websites rather …
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Natalie Anderson
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2/4/21
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The North Carolina General Assembly is back in session, and we hope for significant headway on issues like vaccinations, economic recovery and help for public schools dealing with an …
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Sylva Herald
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2/3/21
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Rep. Harry Warren just doesn’t get it.
When he personally resumed Republican legislators’ crusade against local newspapers and the public’s right to know last week, Warren …
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Salisbury Post Editorial Board
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2/1/21
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The 2019 'long' session of the General Assembly -- the longest session in the past century -- ended with several special sessions devoted primarily to budget issues and saw the General Assembly …
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John Bussian
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1/15/20
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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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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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NC Guide to Open Government and Public Records
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9/19/17
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State Senate Bill 343 is bad law, and residents here should fight it.
The bill proposes to keep legal notices out of some, if not all, newspapers, and that flies in the face of laws and …
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The Times-News
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6/29/17
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An effort in the legislature, Senate Bill 343, would eventually eliminate the requirement that local governments publish legal notices of their affairs in newspapers. The state House should kill this …
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6/29/17
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Newspaper legal notices can be dull stuff, but they’re attracting a lot of interest from state lawmakers. Bills that would change public notice laws were introduced in 21 states this year. Almost …
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N&O Editorial Board
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6/29/17
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The North Carolina Press Association will continue to fight to ensure access to public notices for all citizens, not just those with a computer and Internet connection. The statistics clearly show …
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6/29/17
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A state lawmaker’s personal grudge against the newspaper industry could end up hurting workers and delaying delivery for early risers.
Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, filed a March 28 bill that …
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Wilson Times editorial
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6/7/17
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Please contact your senate delegation to oppose this bill as amended.
Key Points:
- HB 205 as amended by in the Senate Commerce Committee would for the first time require NC newspaper …
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6/2/17
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