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Waxahachie council names Waxahachie Daily Light as official paper, adds alternates after debate
Summary
Council members debated legal exposure and community impact before voting 3-2 to designate the Waxahachie Daily Light as the city's official newspaper and to name multiple alternate advertising sources to avoid missed statutory deadlines.
Waxahachie ' After more than an hour of discussion over which outlet should be the city's official newspaper, the Waxahachie City Council on Oct. 7 voted to designate the Waxahachie Daily Light as the city's official paper of record and to include several alternate advertising sources.
The debate centered on whether a weekly paper that has moved to a primarily digital model meets the Texas Attorney General's four-pronged guidance for a "paper of general circulation" (content that appeals generally to the public, a de minimis paid-subscriber base in the taxing unit, distribution not limited to a single section of the taxing unit, and availability to anyone in the taxing unit who wishes to subscribe). Several council members and members of the public argued the city should…
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