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The state legislature is expected this week to pass a landmark bill that would create a new fund to bolster local news coverage.

Free Press today expressed dismay and offered condolences to the families and colleagues of the victims in a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette newsroom.

The administrative increases will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue for the companies.

Activists are taking to Capitol Hill to try to convince legislators to support an effort to nullify the FCC’s Net Neutrality rollback.

Open-internet defenders warned members of Congress that on Tuesday’s Net Neutrality Day of Advocacy, they will be hearing directly from their constituents.

New and replicable civic-media initiatives, like Free Press’ News Voices project in New Jersey, are bridging gaps between journalism and civic life.

On Monday, the New Jersey Senate passed the Civic Info Bill, legislation Free Press Action Fund spearheaded that would fund projects designed to strengthen local news coverage.

The New Jersey Legislature approved $5 million for the Civic Information Consortium, an innovative public fund that would invest revive local journalism around New Jersey.

Free Press called out Sinclair’s latest plan to divest some stations to gain approval for the deal a “sham” designed to dodge longstanding media-ownership limits.

The legislation, which would revive local journalism, will now move to the floors of both chambers for a full vote.