Supporting local news journalism in Washington state through grants and a surcharge on advanced computing businesses.
The bill establishes the Washington local news journalism corps program to provide grants to eligible news journalism providers, supporting the employment of journalists in underserved communities. It imposes a workforce education investment surcharge on select advanced computing businesses, with revenues deposited into the workforce education investment account. The account funds the journalism corps program and higher education. The bill also includes provisions for data sharing and rule adoption by relevant departments.
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