Spring is my favorite time of year. It’s a reminder of how beautiful change can be. This spring, change for me meant much more than blooming flowers and warm sunshine. It was the start of a new …
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Angie Sutton
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4/30/21
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Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie Parker declared a State of Emergency that was amended on April 27 to impose a city-wide curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. This statement is to clarify that the curfew is not …
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4/29/21
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Whether considered a possible threat to national security or the elitist cousin to the billion-dollar podcast industry, newer social media sites like TikTok and Clubhouse continue creating a buzz. …
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Ali Gordon, Lineup Systems
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4/23/21
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North Carolina taxpayers will have access to the reasons why government employees are hired, fired, promoted, demoted or suspended if a bill proposed in the state Legislature and cosponsored by state …
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Amy B. McCraw,
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4/6/21
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The following are all true North Carolina stories — but we never learned the whole story, or else learned it well after the fact:
— A popular schools superintendent in Moore County …
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The Fayetteville Observer
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4/6/21
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In my advertising and training career, I’ve observed – and heard about – a lot of boss-employee encounters. Some have been good, some have been bad.
All have been …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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4/5/21
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The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) 1 and the North Carolina Press Association (NCPA)2 strongly support the Government Transparency Act of 2021 – Senate Bill 355 – …
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4/1/21
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The days of having government employees fade into oblivion without any mention of the misdeeds that led to their dismissal may soon be over in North Carolina if the newly proposed Government …
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AMELIA HARPER
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4/1/21
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Senate Bill 355 — the Government Transparency Act of 2021 — would at last allow the public to see the disciplinary files of public employees, files that have long been held in secret in …
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THE NEWS REPORTER
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3/31/21
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When it comes to offering the public access to government documents, North Carolina ranks among the most restrictive states. Its sunshine laws are better described as mostly cloudy with a chance of …
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N&O Editorial Board
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3/31/21
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Accountability journalism is sometimes bigger than competition.
That’s been a central tenet of the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network, a coalition of dozens of reporters and editors at …
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NC WATCHDOG REPORTING NETWORK
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3/31/21
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A team-building exercise among Asheville City Council members is an “official meeting” and not an “informal gathering” under the law, according to a Buncombe County …
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Kate Martin Carolina Public Press
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3/31/21
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A growing number of senators are signing on to a bill that would make more information available to the public on government employee performance.
Under Senate Bill 355 , a description of …
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Andrew Dunn. Carolina Journal
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3/30/21
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Over the four decades that he helped to shape the identity of Gaston County’s primary source of news, former Editor Bill Williams might have been best known for the weekly, down-to-earth …
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3/29/21
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Last week, many newspapers wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time set aside to promote government accountability through public records and public meetings. In North Carolina, the idea of …
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Paul Mauney and Bill Moss
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3/25/21
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Across America, Sunshine Week is a time when newspaper editors celebrate the public’s right to see government records and attend government meetings.
That makes this an especially good time …
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Hendersonville Lightning
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3/16/21
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As a publisher, I welcomed Sunshine Week in March.
It was always a valuable opportunity to account for indispensable news coverage and commentary that shined the light on government actions and …
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Tom Silvestri
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3/16/21
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There’s no need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to buying advertising to reach a national audience.
The effective network already exists — and it works just fine, thank …
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The Relevance Project
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3/16/21
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Sunshine Week was launched in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors — now News Leaders Association — and has grown into an enduring initiative to promote open government.
Join …
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3/16/21
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It’s Sunshine Week across America, a time when the public’s right to see government records and attend government meetings — in order to hold government officials accountable to the …
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Paul Mauney and Bill Moss
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3/12/21
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