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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Daily Record , 99 W. Broad Street Dunn
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The Daily Record, courtesy of Jacksonville Daily News
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4/13/17
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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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Barney Hill is about as involved as a person can be in local government without running for election – and possibly more involved than many who do hold office.Hill – a prolific writer of …
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Scott Jenkins, The Dispatch
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4/13/17
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Sampson Independent , 303 Elizabeth Street Clinton
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Sampson Independent, Yankton County Observer
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4/13/17
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Three Republicans in the N.C. Senate filed a bill March 21 to let local governments post public notices on their own websites rather than buying space in newspapers for them, and to post legal …
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StarNews
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4/13/17
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I’m always amused—and a bit disappointed—when someone tells me “I just love breaking the rules” of design. More often than not, that person isn’t breaking any …
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Ed Henninger
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4/7/17
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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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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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Catherine climbed the ranks from sales person to sales manager at her paper. “Although I’ve been in the business for a long time,” she told me, “there’s always a new way to look at …
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John Foust
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4/1/17
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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 how-to for NCPA members uploading notices to ncnotices.com Read this story for info and videos on the upload process.
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3/27/17
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Calling it a matter of the public’s right know, North Carolina newspaper publishers are pushing back against a bill that would let governments and attorneys stop publishing public and legal notices …
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Bill Cresenzo
Times-News
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3/27/17
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A Times editorial
Some North Carolina lawmakers want local governments to compete with newspapers and sell legal advertising, making important information more difficult to find.
Sen. Trudy …
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Wilson Times
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3/27/17
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Contrary to Senator Wade's claims in her recent press release, her bill to change the legal advertising law is not supported by the NCPA.
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3/23/17
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You may have heard the old story about the door-to-door salesman who was selling vacuum cleaners way out in the country. When a lady came to the door, he dramatically emptied a bag of dirt onto the …
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John Foust
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3/22/17
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Ernest Hemingway: “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”W. Somerset Maugham: “There are three rules for writing well. Unfortunately, no one …
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Ed Henninger
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3/22/17
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