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Bill would create refundable payroll credit for journalists to shore up local newsrooms; publishers and guild urge support
Summary
House Bill 891 would create a refundable payroll tax credit to subsidize local journalism jobs: $25,000 per full-time journalist in year one and $15,000 in years two through five. Supporters argued that targeted employment credits would help preserve local reporting and civic accountability.
Delegate Vogel presented House Bill 891, a refundable payroll credit for local journalists that would pay up to $25,000 for a full-time reporter in the first year and $15,000 in subsequent years for a five-year span. Vogel told the committee the state is seeing newsroom losses that threaten civic life and local government accountability.
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