HB 795 Legal Notices Act
Opinion: Update on public notice, open records bills
September 03, 2009 |
In case you’ve been keeping score, there was
movement on two damaging public notice bills last
session, both of which died in the Senate – one
in Appropriations and the other tabled on the
floor calendar. So far this year, there has been
activity in both the House and the Senate, with
local government organizations pushing five
virtually identical bills this session.
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Opinion: What's best use of Internet for government information?
June 18, 2009 |
With state government generally enchanted with
the Internet, the significance of public notices
in a democracy seems to strike some as almost an
afterthought. Read
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Lawmakers consider letting legal ads go online
May 14, 2009 |
HARRISBURG -- County, borough and school district
groups clashed with newspaper industry
representatives today over three bills that would
make major changes in how legal advertising is
disseminated to the public. Read
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Public notices could find new homes in print, online.
May 14, 2009 |
HARRISBURG (May 14) - Local governments have long
posted ads about home foreclosures, school board
meetings, contract bids and other public issues
in daily or weekly newspapers, but new laws under
consideration by the state Legislature could
change that, allowing municipalities to use other
media to publicize their activities. Read
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