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the infrastructure bill. outlets are all over the story covering the many layers, the congressional wrestling match over the offers and counteroffers, what might be left out. what should be included? what about money for the ailing local news industry? report for america co-founder and president steve waldman is pushing for congress to fold local news funding into the bill, explaining local news should be viewed as civic infrastructure. steve joins me now to talk about why. great to see you. great to see you. thank you. let s lay out the 30-second argument. local news, how is that infrastructure? well, it s the infrastructure for democracy and it s crumbling, also. we ve had a 60% drop in the number of reporters in the last two decades which means thousands of communities have no local newspaper or website to provide basic information, meaning families don t have information about whether their schools are improving or whether

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