{"id":17442,"date":"2016-12-19T12:17:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T12:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=17442"},"modified":"2016-12-19T12:17:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T12:17:18","slug":"bill-cast-christie-attack-newspapers-set-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/bill-cast-christie-attack-newspapers-set-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Bill cast as Christie attack on newspapers set for vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Bill cast as Christie attack on newspapers set for vote<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bill cast as Christie attack on newspapers set for vote:-<\/strong> Legislation in New Jersey supported by Republican Gov. Chris Christie to scrap a requirement that local governments publish legal notices in newspapers and instead allow them to post the notices on their own websites is set for a vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Newspapers and other opponents say the measure amounts to Christie targeting the media over its coverage of the two-term governor, failed presidential candidate and adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Christie argues the requirement burdens taxpayers, whose money goes to local government, which pays newspapers to run notices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Publishers testified last week that the legislation could decimate the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Lawmakers across the country have proposed eliminating the print requirement. The New Jersey Press Association, which is lobbying against the legislation, says New Jersey would be the first state to make the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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