Florida, Texas officials allegedly remove legal notices over coverage

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Newspapers in Florida and Texas have made claims that government officials either threatened to withdraw municipal advertising or actually withdrew advertising in retaliation for unfavorable newspaper coverage. Xavier Suarez, mayor of Miami, FL, left a voice mail message for The Miami Herald's advertising manager stating the paper needed to treat himself, his administration, and his city better or risk losing legal advertisements. The city council in Forney, TX, withdrew its public advertising from The Forney Messenger after articles criticized the city's investigation into police conduct.

Texas, Political aspects, Newspaper advertising, Lex talionis

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University president search committee exempt from meetings law

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The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in Federated Publications, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Michigan State University that the state constitution did not give legislative authority to force a state university to comply with the Michigan Open Meetings Act, although the university was part of the state government. This constituted overruling the same court's 1993 decision that the state university's presidential search committee could not hold meetings in private.

Michigan, Human resource management, Universities and colleges

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Privately run public hospital subject to openness requirements

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The Florida Supreme Court ruled in Memorial Hospital-West Volusia v. News-Journal Corp. in Jan. 1999 that the state sunshine law continues to apply to a public hospital even after transferring management to a private corporation. West Volusia Memorial Hospital in Deland, FL claimed to be exempt from the law when it denied access to meetings and records to reporters from The News-Journal of Daytona Beach. The Court found the exemption unconstitutional.

Hospitals, Public, Public hospitals

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