Senate approves bill to delay newspapers’ labor changes

The state Senate passed a bill granting the newspaper industry one extra year to meet new labor standards as the legislature races to beat the end of the legislative session.
Assembly Bill 323, dubbed the “Save Local Journalism Act,” passed 39-0 late on Sunday night, Aug. 30 and now advances to the Assembly for its next vote. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, has been amended to give the industry just one extra year before the state’s controvers