Blue State Poised To Use Taxpayer Dollars To Pay Journalists’ Salaries

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New York Poised to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Pay Journalists

New York state lawmakers plan to hand out tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to local media outlets to help pay for journalists’ salaries. The state will dole out $30 million over three years to local media outlets in the form of tax credits, giving publishers the ability to offset up to 50% of the first $50,000 in journalists’ salaries, according to a Tuesday release from New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. Heastie emphasized that…