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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 13:29 |
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:07 |
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By Joel Allis, TPA Periodicals Consultant
The U.S. Postal Service filed a price change proposal with the Postal Regulatory Commission on July 6 to raise postage rates an average of about 5.6 percent, starting Jan. 2, 2011. If approved, the first ounce of a first-class letter would increase by 2 cents—to 46 cents.
Postage rates for periodicals would increase 8-9 percent.
Under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, which limits postage increases to cost of living increases, the Postal Service would be limited to an increase of 1 percent or less, but the Postal Service is claiming extraordinary circumstances exist that justify an increase exceeding the cost of living.
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Read more: Postal Service requests postage rate hike
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:28 |
 The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Pecos Division, on July 28 granted a motion by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and the State of Texas to dismiss Alpine, Pflugerville, Rockport and Wichita Falls from a lawsuit those four cities and 17 individuals filed in hopes of decriminalizing certain violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
The plaintiffs claimed their constitutional right to free speech was compromised by the Texas Open Meetings Act's prohibition against the discussing of public business outside of a properly noticed meeting.
Texas Press Association, Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Association of Broadcasters supported the Attorney General's motion in the case.
In his order granting Attorney General Greg Abbott's motion to dismiss, U.S. District Judge Robert Junell concluded that because plaintiff cities have no intrinsic First Amendment rights, no ability to sue the state on the stated grounds, and therefore no standing to bring the lawsuit, the court has no jurisdiction over the cities' claim of infringement.
Link to ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS CITIES AS PLAINTIFFS |
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