Colorado lawmakers target newspaper 'legal notices' with two separate bills

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Colorado lawmakers are proposing to update the state’s laws around newspapers and legal notices to reflect the changing media landscape.

According to the president of the Colorado Press Association, a recently introduced bipartisan bill with four bicameral sponsors counts support from both the press advocacy group and Colorado Counties, Inc.

That unlikely pairing might be newsworthy on its own, given the two organizations typically might find themselves crosswise on such a topic.

Meanwhile, a lone lawmaker has introduced a separate bill in the House that would allow counties to publish legal notices online on a legal newspaper’s website. 

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