Republican support

HB5343 would require state agencies to report annually how much of their ad spending actually reaches community media
The new law requires Big Tech to help pay for the harms their platforms have fueled, including potentially information pollution
The incentive provides a 25% tax credit to small businesses that advertise in their local news outlets.
Small-town citizens lose ties to their community, and having fewer watchdogs means more opportunity for government waste and corruption.
Steve Waldman, Rebuild Local News Coalition chair, testified in Madison, Wisconsin in support of Assembly Bill 762 , which would create a tax credit for ...
Rep. Dan Newhouse spoke with The Paper Trail Podcast in July about the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bill he co-authored and introduced in both ...