Employee Retention Tax Credit

State-led policy efforts and investments in 2025 ensured local newsrooms could continue serving communities despite federal challenges

Applications for the Local Journalism Sustainability Tax Incentive Program open February 1, 2026, offering funding to help hire and retain journalists.

Data from the new Local Journalist Index can help leaders invest in, expand, and protect local journalism in underserved communities.

The $5.25 million investment will increase efforts to advance First Amendment-friendly public policies that empower local newsrooms and ensure communities stay informed

Our plan is to build on California’s original local news deal with Google, increasing the fund to $125 million per year by requiring Meta and ...

This resource from Free Press Action and Rebuild Local News analyzes two bills aimed at addressing the decline of local news.

In a significant step, the California Senate passed Senator Steve Glazer’s SB1327 today with a bipartisan 27-7 vote, meeting the two-thirds threshold required to pass ...

The official legislative language for Illinois’ policies on employment tax credits for local newsrooms, disclosures for newspaper sales to out-of-state buyers, and scholarships for in-state ...