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

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.

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?

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.

Raising prices as a monopoly doesn't always work.

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

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.

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

VA-HB 222 prefiled Jan. 10 allows localities to meet legal notice requirements by utilizing their web sites

The Virginia newspapers must have known what was coming down the pike.

NJ-Vote to allow move of legal notices on line tabled. No savings of $70 million this year

NJ Politicians, scared off by newspapers. postpone vote on legal notices.

NJ-Comments on articles about legal notice vote, support move to on line notices

The upcoming vote scheduled in the New Jersey legislature on Jan.