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MARYLAND- 2nd Time May Be Charm. Bill in Senate Proposed to Allow Publishing of Legal Notices on Web Site

Submitted by FreePublic on 13 February 2012 - 1:30am

Senate Bill 599 would authorizing a county or municipality to satisfy a requirement to publish legal notices in a newspaper of gener

VA- Subcommittees fail to approve 2 public notice bills. 2 Bill Makes it Out of Committee.

Submitted by FreePublic on 10 February 2012 - 2:11pm

In Virginia: Two losses and 2 small wins for on line public notice advocates. It has been a busy week in the Virginia House of Delegates for legislation involving legal notices. 

Nicely Balanced Story on the Threat of Legal Notices' Move out of Print

Submitted by FreePublic on 9 February 2012 - 5:46pm

For those of you interested in the business of legal notices and do not read articles on the business of newspapers, this morning's Poynter.org web site had a well balanced piece on the eventual mi

HAWAII- Is Greed Good? Bill Proposed to Reduce $1 mill gov. Spend With Monopoly Newspaper by Moving Notices On Line.

Submitted by FreePublic on 6 February 2012 - 11:38pm

Let's let Proposed Bill 2456, introduced 2 weeks ago, in Hawaii do the talking:

ARIZONA - Here we go again. New Bill Proposed to Move Notices Out of Print. This Time On Line Newspapers Weigh In

Submitted by FreePublic on 3 February 2012 - 7:42pm

The Public Notice Bill proposal season is in full swing.

OHIO- Newspapers Lose Multi-week Legal Notices. A Blueprint for other states?

Submitted by FreePublic on 2 February 2012 - 9:06pm

As we reported last July, the State of Ohio, in their 

COLORADO- Town of Winter Park to Consider Public Referendum to Publish Legal Notices On Line

Submitted by FreePublic on 26 January 2012 - 2:27pm

The Town Council of Winter Park, Colorado intends to add a public referendum to the ballot this year which will allow publication of public notices on line, the

Virginia- A 5th Public Notice Bill Proposed. This Bill Aims to Move Bid Notices Out of Newspapers.

Submitted by FreePublic on 22 January 2012 - 7:25pm

Four Bills overturning the expensive and cumbersome practice of forcing public notices to be published in newspapers were proposed two weeks ago,

Marketplace:On Line Ad Spend to Surpass Print in 2012. Why are Public Notice Laws Keeping Ads in Print?

Submitted by FreePublic on 19 January 2012 - 8:35pm

An ominously named web site Newspaper Death Watch reported today that a study done by

HAWAII-Newspaper Price Increase Compels City To Push Back on Publishing Public Notices in Print.

Submitted by FreePublic on 18 January 2012 - 2:15pm

Raising prices as a monopoly doesn't always work.

Yes Virginia! 4 Bills Introduced This Week which Propose to Modernize "Notifying the Public."

Submitted by FreePublic on 13 January 2012 - 6:22pm

The beginning of the 2012 legislative session in Virginia brings us 4 bills which propose to change the way the public is notified.  All 4 were introduced this week.

Florida- Bill to Move Foreclosure Notices on line introduced for 2012 session . $30 mill. in notice revenue at stake.

Submitted by FreePublic on 12 January 2012 - 3:54pm

SB 230 has been introduced for the 2012 session on January 10. It states  that:

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