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The Community NEWS Act (AB 2222), sponsored by Rebuild Local News, creates refundable tax credits to help California news outlets retain and hire local journalists

AI companies could make one-time contributions to permanent endowments, giving communities watchdog reporting without giving the companies control

Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk

Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack report that 70% of counties are severely undercovered – employing below-average numbers of local journalist equivalents – and large ...

Researchers link expanding news deserts to higher borrowing costs for local governments, based on analysis of bond‑market data

Building on a landmark municipal bond market study, new analysis puts a price tag on the costs of news deserts to local governments

Insights from our Local News Day webinar on emerging state policy models for supporting local journalism, along with practical strategies for engaging policymakers and effectively ...

The bill, HB5569, creates a targeted tax credit to help small businesses advertise locally and support Connecticut outlets that provide essential coverage