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Sample Tampa edition: The Riverwalk's final stretch clears its last permit.
Local news matters. But fewer
people are following it.
80%
say local news matters to their community
21%
follow it very closely
Down from 37% in 2016.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2025.
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