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Move to government websites picks up steam in Ohio

Dec 1, 2023

Townships in Ohio are seeking the same power already granted to municipalities in the state: the power to publish notice via the internet instead of a local newspaper.

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Ohio enacts law curtailing newspaper notice

Nov 1, 2023

Unbeknownst to most in the newspaper business, two months earlier, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine had signed into law measures buried within the legislature’s 6,198-page budget bill that will bring sweeping ...

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Public notice picture coming into focus

Oct 1, 2023

PNRC has been tracking approximately 230 bills introduced this year that have at least a minimal connection to public notice law. 

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Be responsible in exercising rights to public information

Sep 1, 2023

These instances, and many more, occurred during my tenure as editor of the Red Wing (Minnesota) Republican Eagle. Other editors can likely relate.

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Is New York the Wild West of public notice?

Aug 1, 2023

The New York Times reported last month on several incidents in which public officials revoked public notice contracts “in an effort to punish their hometown newspapers for aggressive coverage ...

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Pennsylvania reporter Lockwood wins public notice reporting award honoring late Michael Kramer

Aug 1, 2023

Jim Lockwood, a reporter for the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been named the 2023 winner of PNRC’s Michael Kramer Public Notice Journalism Award.

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Burkhouse joins Illinois Press to assist in public notice project

Jul 1, 2023

At the end of June 2023, Illinois Press Association Chief Technology Officer Ron Kline announced the hiring of Gannett's Neil Burkhouse to assist in the expansion of placepublicnotice.com.

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What's new with public notices?

Jul 1, 2023

Last week, Louisiana became the first state to pass a law that will eventually make newspaper websites the primary platform for public notice and Jackson County, South Dakota, government officials ...

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Don’t hide your online notices!

Jun 1, 2023

Most people don’t know that in Newspaper World, public notices are considered “classifieds,” so they wouldn’t think to look for them there. That’s why your “public notices” ...

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