No local news is not good news | Opinion

One of the biggest reasons for such division in this country is not Taylor Swift or pickleball, but the extinction of local news. I have no interest in rehashing why the lack of local news has resulted in us not knowing each other or that news deserts give mega-news sources an inordinate amount of influence. Op-eds across the country covered this, though most of these seemed to arrive back when everyone was wrapped up in playing Wordle. Many of those …