Public Notice news

PNRC files comments opposing EPA proposal to eliminate public notices in newspapers

Mar 1, 2016

The Public Notice Resource Center (PNRC) today filed comments urging the Environmental Protection Agency not to deprive the public of newspaper notices relating to the approval of permits under the Clean ...

TN reporter wins 2016 Public Notice Journalism Prize

Feb 25, 2016

WASHINGTON—Kenneth Little, staff writer for the Greeneville (TN) Sun, has won the 2016 Public Notice Journalism Prize for coverage of a nursing home in Limestone, TN, whose Medicare/Medicaid coverage ...

Open government triumphs in Utah

Sep 29, 2015

Overturning a decision by the district court, the Supreme Court of Utah recently ruled that a court may release attorney work product under Utah open records laws if “the interests favoring disclosure ...

A concept for a public notices page

Jul 6, 2015

To say that legal notices are a major part of our revenue would be an understatement.

PNRC names Lockwood national public notice journalism award winner

Apr 2, 2015

Jim Lockwood, staff writer for The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA, is the winner of the 2015 Public Notice Journalism award. Lockwood is recognized for his deft incorporation of public notice information ...

Book explains how public notices protect the integrity of storage unit auctions

Nov 3, 2014

Consumer and public safeguards in 46 states require operators of self-storage facilities to notify the public in a local newspaper before offering a renter’s goods for an auction after a default. ...

Survey: 81% read public notices in their local paper

Jun 16, 2014

Two-thirds (67%) of residents in small cities and towns in the U.S. read a local newspaper ranging from 1 day to 7 days a week, according to the 2013 Community Newspaper Readership Study conducted by The ...

PNRC names first national public notice journalism award winner

Apr 11, 2014

The Mitchell (SD) Daily Republic has been named the first recipient of the PNRC’s national Public Notice Journalism Award for 2014. The newspaper is recognized for a series inaugurated by an alert ...