The Daily Sentinel: For years, Congress has tinkered with several ideas to respond to the disappearance of local newspapers, which has led to “news deserts” across the country and significant job losses for journalists.

We think Congress is the appropriate legislative venue to tackle the problem because it’s national in scope. Reporting that holds governments responsible is foundational to our democracy, after all.

But even the most bipartisan and benign proposals in Congress have a tendency to go nowhere amid shifting priorities.

So states are increasingly taking on the burden of nurturing their vulnerable newsgathering operations.

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