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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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Please see the attached overview on NC media law prepared for NCPA by Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC
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5/31/17
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RALEIGH -- Friends and readers -- lawmakers here in Raleigh are taking a swipe at your local newspaper.
Last week, Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, won committee approval for a bill that would let …
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Mark Binker, April 24, 2017
ncinsider.com
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5/2/17
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The Hendersonville Lightning ran legal advertisements six times notifying the public of the sale of county-owned property on Sixth Avenue. Two bidders raised the price by $114,000 over three …
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Bill Moss
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5/1/17
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Let’s begin with a quiz.
1. What do legal notices posted in North Carolina newspapers have to do with North Carolina teacher supplements?
2. When was the last time you visited Watauga …
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5/1/17
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SALISBURY — Dueling bills in the state legislature could affect the way you view an array of public notices, such as tax liens.
Newspapers and local government websites would compete for dollars …
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Josh Bergeron Salisbury Post
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5/1/17
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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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It's that time again already. The General Assembly opened its biennial "long session" on January 11.
A few, new lieutenants in the leadership ranks remind us that some of the old guard …
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John Bussian
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1/12/17
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An exchange in an editors’ hotline probed a familiar topic: When is a business announcement considered news, and when is it an ad? The item in question was a new employee at an auction and …
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Jim Pumarlo
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12/2/16
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