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For more than a decade, N.C. lawmakers have tried to pass legislation that would allow local governments to move legal and public notices out of newspapers. Those notices often contain vital …
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N&O Editorial Board
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2/16/21
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With all that is going on, both locally and nationally, that we have chronicled in this newspaper, local officials and our newest state representative have supported a bill that would undercut the …
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Daily Journal
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2/15/21
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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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Citing a “substantial failure to comply” with state public records law, Judge John W. Smith sided in civil superior court Monday with a coalition of four media outlets, including …
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THOMAS SHERRILL
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2/12/21
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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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A newspaper editor with more than three decades of experience has been named editor of The Sanford Herald.
Mark Rogers, 57, of Archdale, began his duties Monday.
“I’m excited to …
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2/10/21
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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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Imagine the editors of a prestigious news organization sitting around a conference table discussing a breaking story. The story is written and all they need is a headline to convey its importance to …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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2/8/21
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Forsyth County prosecutors asked a judge Friday to prevent state records on the death of Forsyth County jail inmate John Neville from being released to The News & Observer.
The …
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DANIELLE BATTAGLIA
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2/5/21
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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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DTH Media Corp., parent company of The Daily Tar Heel, settled its lawsuit against the UNC System over allegations of violating state Open Meetings Law on Monday.
As part of …
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Anna Pogarcic
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2/3/21
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Mike Yopp spent most of his life molding generations of journalists. But his legacy as a mentor and leader began when he was just a young journalist himself.
Yopp died from a stroke Thursday at …
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LUCILLE SHERMAN
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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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A robust online directory of funders and grant opportunities for journalism, started by a news executive in Raleigh, N.C., will move to a new home beginning Feb. 1 as part of the NewsFuel program at …
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1/28/21
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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition supported and released a new project Friday that allows for a new understanding of the players that fund state campaigns in North Carolina and how federal …
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1/15/21
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