I'm Just a Bill: Save Local Journalism Act

๐Ÿ‘€ I’m Just a Bill โ€” Save Local Journalism Act

A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster

What is this bill?

Local journalism support legislation in the 119th Congress addressing the documented collapse of local newsrooms (~1/3 of U.S. newspapers closed since 2005; ~200 million Americans live in news deserts).

What does it actually do?

  • Local journalism tax credit โ€” for publishers employing local journalists
  • Subscriber credit โ€” for individual subscribers to local outlets
  • Antitrust safe harbor โ€” limited collective-bargaining authority for news publishers vs platform aggregators
  • Public-interest journalism grants โ€” direct funding for investigative and civic journalism
  • Library/educational use โ€” strengthens fair-use provisions for educational distribution

Who votes when?

  • House Ways & Means + Senate Finance + House/Senate Judiciary active consideration

How does this affect cooperative-class families?

Composes with #15 Power-to-the-People Council “I’m Just a Bill” pilot (Bounty Posters are themselves a form of cooperative-class civic journalism), #13 JukeBox (cooperative-class media infrastructure), and PRESS Act Bounty Poster.

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๐ŸŸก Provisional.

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