A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Michigan House bill to remove public notices from newspapers fails to garner enough votes to pass
A bill that would remove all public notices from Michigan newspapers by the year 2025 failed to garner enough votes to pass in the state House on Thursday, reports The Associated Press.
"Supporters say allowing notices to be posted online would reduce costs for municipalities and give notices a better chance of being accessible to younger residents who might not read newspapers. Critics say the change would provide only small savings compared to total budgets for local governments. They also say publishing notices in newspapers provides an independent record." (Read more)
Labels:
digital media,
freedom of information,
information technology,
Internet,
local government,
newspapers,
open government
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment