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The bill would establish the nation’s largest investment in community news, expanding reporting capacity and coverage across California
Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk
Historically broad coalition comes together to support AB 2222, which would create refundable employment credits to support newsroom employment and local reporting across California
An overview of California’s proposed local journalist employment credit for newsrooms, explaining how the program works, who qualifies, and the safeguards designed to prevent misuse
A pragmatic step from Republican leadership that strengthens local news, builds bipartisan momentum and advances a growing national movement in government advertising
S3744 would require state agencies to direct 30 percent of their advertising budgets to eligible local news outlets and mandate public reporting of their ad ...
The Community NEWS Act would provide refundable tax credits to help California news outlets retain and hire local journalists
State agencies must develop strategies that give priority to Colorado-based news media in public marketing campaigns
New data shows that directing a half of the state’s advertising to local news outlets would deliver meaningful revenue to strengthen community news coverage and ...