👀 I’m Just a Bill — 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 — for publishers employing local journalists
• Subscriber credit — for individual subscribers to local outlets
• Antitrust safe harbor — limited collective-bargaining authority for news publishers vs platform aggregators
• Public-interest journalism grants — direct funding for investigative and civic journalism
• Library/educational use — 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.

Shirley Temple Truth Score

🟡 Provisional.

Help Each Other Help Ourselves.