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Judge rules City Council retreat must be open to media, public

March 31, 2021March 30, 2021 by Molly Horak

The decision comes after a coalition of media outlets, including Mountain Xpress, took legal action to block the city of Asheville from holding a five-hour closed door meeting.

Letter: No tax relief in sight

March 30, 2021 by Letters

“Brownie Newman says that if we give tax relief to businesses that have suffered from the pandemic, we would have to raise taxes on everyone else in order to maintain county services.”

From CPP: Asheville City Council blocks public from retreat, says open meetings law does not apply

March 30, 2021 by Xpress Contributor

A coalition of media organizations takes legal action to ask courts to open the publicly-funded meeting.

From Asheville Watchdog: COVID-19: Those we’ve lost

September 27, 2022March 30, 2021 by Asheville Watchdog

A year has passed since Buncombe County recorded its first Covid-19 death on March 28, 2020. Since then, another 293 people have died. In the official government record, they’ll be remembered as statistics of a pandemic that killed swiftly and indiscriminately, but to their families, friends and neighbors, they were so much more.

Judge rules City Council retreat must be open to media, public

Letter: No tax relief in sight

From CPP: Asheville City Council blocks public from retreat, says open meetings law does not apply

From Asheville Watchdog: COVID-19: Those we’ve lost

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