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Dermot Murphy
Coverage of Dermot Murphy in the Nexus archive.
- The loss of local news isn’t just making voters less informed, it makes taxpayers poorer, study says
A study by Rebuild Local News links the decline of local newspapers to increased taxpayer costs due to higher municipal borrowing rates. Without local journalism oversight, governments face reduced scrutiny, leading to $12 million annual tax increases in Ohio and $1.1 billion nationally.