North Dakota legislators exhibited their support for newspapers during the 2025 legislative session by rejecting a bill that would have allowed county minutes to be posted only on websites, voting to keep highway bid notices in newspapers, and restoring the practice of spreading publication of insurance abstracts across all newspapers in the state. They also passed a resolution for better newspaper delivery service and approved a bill that gives legal weight to ndpublicnotices.com. Despite concerns about a bill allowing legal notices to be posted online, legislators ultimately passed it with provisions for print notices. This move was seen as a compromise to ensure public notices remain accessible through newspapers. The North Dakota Newspaper Association’s executive director, Cecile Wehrman, expressed relief for the 73 privately owned newspapers and voters, emphasizing the importance of newspapers as trusted sources for public notices. The support shown by legislators in upholding newspapers as the primary means of delivering public notices in North Dakota was seen as a positive outcome for the industry and the public.
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