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Newspaper financial disclosure rule thrown out by federal court01/29/96 HAWAII--A new state law requiring Honolulu's two major daily newspapers to…

Cartoon sales tax voted down by equalization board01/29/96 CALIFORNIA--San Francisco cartoonist Paul Mavrides won an appeal in his fight against…

Open meetings law does not apply to state agency at federal meeting01/29/96 MISSOURI--The Sunshine Law does not prevent a state…

Secret meeting to ban boardwalk vendors violated meetings law01/29/96 MARYLAND--Maryland's Open Meetings Compliance Board in late December chastised a city…

Gag order lifted in custody case01/29/96 MASSACHUSETTS--The Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court, ruled in mid-January that a man…

Architectural commission has authority to ban newsracks, court finds01/29/96 MASSACHUSETTS--An architectural commission has the authority under state law to ban…

False report of cancer not automatically libelous01/29/96 NEW YORK--A false statement that a person has cancer is not libel per…

Hearing closed, record sealed in appeal of murder conviction01/29/96 SOUTH CAROLINA-- A Columbia circuit court judge closed the courtroom and…

Government insurance rehabilitator not subject to records act01/29/96 KENTUCKY--An appeals court in Lexington in mid-January overturned a television station's earlier…

Jailing of reporter stayed by federal court01/15/96 TEXAS--In early January, the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin decided 7-2 to…