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Christie pushes his case for 'newspaper revenge bill'

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Gov. Chris Christie sent a letter last week to legislative leaders to make his case for pushing what has become known as the "newspaper revenge bill."

The legislation, which lacked support when Christie tried to advance it late last year, would allow municipalities to post legal notices on websites instead of newspapers. All legal notices are posted and archived online through the New Jersey Press Association. Multiple sources have said that Christie's intent on getting it passed is to punish newspapers for their critical coverage of him. He hasn't taken questions from state reporters in 140 days.

But Christie contends that the bill is about taxpayer relief. He contends that the bill's passage would save taxpayers "tens of millions" annually, but his analysis to this point falls far below the $80 million he claims newspapers statewide make on the ads.

Read more from NorthJersey.com.

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