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Like his predecessors in the General Assembly, Onslow County Sen. Michael Lazzara makes the same misguided arguments in his SB 200 that government should take over notifying the public of important …
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Bill Moss, Editor
Hendersonville Lightning
NCPA President
Lockwood Phillips, Owner, Editor, Publisher
Carteret Publishing Co.
Carteret County News-Times
Tideland News
Phil Lucey, Executive Director
NC Press Association
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4/18/23
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ASHEVILLE - An award-winning local journalist, breast cancer survivor and former National Park Service ranger will take the mantle of Citizen Times executive editor, becoming the first Latina in the …
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4/7/23
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For nearly two decades, people who care about North Carolina’s most vulnerable, who relish understanding the people and politics that factor into the state’s policies, and who have strong …
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ROB SCHOFIELD
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4/6/23
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You may have heard the term “Section 230” thrown about recently. This section of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 has been around for more than 25 years, but it is getting …
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Amanda Martin, Beth Soja.
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3/29/23
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Public notices which promote the ‘Public’s Right to Know’ are once again under attack by county commissioners and certain county managers.
In the recent weeks, N.C. Senator Mike …
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News-Times
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3/27/23
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A bill making its way through the North Carolina Senate would remove public notices from newspapers serving Onslow County and Robeson County — including this newspaper, The Robesonian.
A …
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ROBESONIAN EDITORIAL
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3/27/23
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The U.S. Postal Service in January announced that it planned to eliminate use of sacks for most Periodicals mailings, but complications from a wide array of mailer practices caused the policy to be …
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Tonda Rush, NNA
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3/24/23
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Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said, “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
That’s certainly true in …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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3/15/23
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WAKE COUNTY — A Democrat-backed proposal in the General Assembly would allow Wake County municipalities to publish public notices soley online. This would mark a shift from also placing the …
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Laura Browne | lbrowne@wakeweekly.com
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3/13/23
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A newly sworn-in North Carolina General Assembly and a fresh legislative session present an opportunity to significantly advance government transparency and the people’s right to …
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Bill Moss
Phil Lucey
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3/13/23
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About three weeks ago, Lorry Williams told a colleague that she was stepping down as managing editor of CityView news and CityView magazine.
By then, the breast cancer she had fought for two …
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Greg Barnes
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3/2/23
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Lorraine “Lorry” Williams, the first woman to serve as executive editor of The Fayetteville Observer and a career journalist, died Tuesday morning.
Williams, 59, had battled with …
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3/2/23
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Capitol Press Corps
Capitol Press Corps
The North Carolina Capital Press Corps is an informal organization for affiliated reporters and photographers covering state government in …
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3/1/23
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Last month we wrote about best practices in framing your public records requests. This month, we offer some specific language to put in your email or letter if you are responding to a public …
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Amanda Martin
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2/28/23
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Media Release
North Carolina Justice Center – www.ncjustice.org States Newsroom – www.statesnewsroom.com
February 23, 2023
For more information:
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NCPW Staff
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2/23/23
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ASHEVILLE – George Ellison, a naturalist, author, longtime columnist for the Asheville Citizen Times and by all accounts a …
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Karen Chávez
Asheville Citizen Times
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2/20/23
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State senators are taking aim at a shady business practice, but instead of chasing cash-grabbers into the sunlight, they’ve decided we’d all be better off in the dark.
Sen. Tim …
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Corey Friedman
Editor | The Wilson Times & The Enterprise
Executive Editor | Restoration NewsMedia
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2/20/23
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Legislation filed on Thursday would increase the criminal penalties on North Carolina school employees who have sex with students and on school administrators who fail to promptly report the …
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Keung Hui. N&O
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2/17/23
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My wife and I once visited with Rick and Karen, a couple who had served as missionaries overseas. As part of their work to get involved in the community, Rick was assigned to teach a class at a local …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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2/16/23
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This month’s column is mainly from someone else, because it illustrates a serious problem facing rural newspapers: How do they manage increasingly contentious public discourse and still …
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Al Cross
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2/16/23
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