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The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...

For a decade, the Medill School of Journalism has charted the expansion of “news deserts” in the United States and — looking at some 20 years of data — now counts 213 counties in the U.S. without a ...