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Committed to Recycling? There’s an Award for That!

Dec 22 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

The 2012 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Recycling Awards are officially underway! The annual awards recognize outstanding paper recycling efforts of schools, businesses, and communities.Publishers are invited to enter this contest …

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Committed to Recycling? There’s an Award for That!

Dec 22 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

The 2012 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Recycling Awards are officially underway! The annual awards recognize outstanding paper recycling efforts of schools, businesses, and communities.Publishers are invited to enter this contest …

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Connecting Readers With the Workings of Washington, DC

Oct 10 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Citizens are getting engaged in federal policymaking at record levels. A new report shows that Congressional offices have seen the volume in constituent communications rise between 200 and 1,000 percent since the turn of the century. That’s a pheno…

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Connecting Readers With the Workings of Washington, DC

Oct 10 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Citizens are getting engaged in federal policymaking at record levels. A new report shows that Congressional offices have seen the volume in constituent communications rise between 200 and 1,000 percent since the turn of the century. That’s a pheno…

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FREE AT LAST

Aug 27 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Free At Last!
Inside the Legals Victory in Ohio
by Jim Haigh

Years of persistence — what some have called blind optimism and others, insanity — paid off when Ohio Governor John Kasich signed the biennial Budget into law on June 30, 2011. Contain…

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FREE AT LAST

Aug 27 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Free At Last!
Inside the Legals Victory in Ohio
by Jim Haigh

Years of persistence — what some have called blind optimism and others, insanity — paid off when Ohio Governor John Kasich signed the biennial Budget into law on June 30, 2011. Contain…

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Helping the Postal Service Help Itself

Jun 29 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Volumes are being written about the fiscal state of affairs at the USPS these days. Sadly, much of it is oppositional commentary — and what passes for reporting is increasingly incomplete or inaccurate. Many publishers are members of the Saturatio…

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Helping the Postal Service Help Itself

Jun 29 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Volumes are being written about the fiscal state of affairs at the USPS these days. Sadly, much of it is oppositional commentary — and what passes for reporting is increasingly incomplete or inaccurate. Many publishers are members of the Saturatio…

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The CPF President’s Message: It was a terrific conference!

May 17 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

Memo to the Community Papers of Florida (CPF) staff:”I just want to say thank you for all you did last week to make our conference a great experience for all of our members!”As always, you came through in a big way. Thanks so much for y…

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Preserving the Power of Advertising

May 17 2011in News & Events by Alyse-Mitten No Comments »

The readers of this blog are mostly publishers and advertisers. Our audience already appreciates the importance of advertising, because that’s what we do for a living. The facts and figures that follow are not meant to simply preach to the choir, bu…

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