Q. Our small town’s council is closing their upcoming meeting to the public and doing it virtually but it appears part of the reason may be to keep out the small paper reporter (me) from the room. Their website has a statement that reads: “Due to COVID-19 members of the public including media outlets are…
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Q. County staff and staff from almost every municipality in the county are meeting to discuss proposed county water infrastructure options for the future, which can amount to hundreds of millions of dollars of public expenditures. The county claims the meeting is confidential and not open to the public because it is not a public…
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Q. My insurance agent wanted me to find out if there is a statute of limitations on liability suits against newspapers. We’re renewing our publisher’s liability policy and he says we could save a little if we could knock off past years after a certain time. Any ideas? A. Yes, actions for libel or slander…
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As indicated previously, FPA is circulating best internal practices that address several areas in the new public notice bill (HB 35). The latest BP #5 outlines the data FPA must collect from members and publish in a quarterly report, as well as guidance to members on uploading this information on a timely basis to FPA’s…
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By FPA Staff We have discussed in previous newsletters the new thresholds for newspaper legal notice qualification in the new Florida public notice law, HB 35. In the next newsletter, a second major area of the bill is addressed, and this relates to newspaper website-only notification. Specifically, the bill gives “government agencies” the option to…
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