The Best of the Week’s News:

• Philanthropists pledge $500 million to save the struggling local news industry. (NYT)
   
• Hillman Prize-winner John Archibald decries assault on free press in Alabama. (AL.com)
   
• You can (sometimes) fight City Hall: Missouri judge rules in favor of community gadfly. (MO Indy)
   
• Miami-Dade County commissioners reject groundbreaking heat ordinance that would have protected workers. (WaPo)
   
• Activists fought phone fees in Connecticut prisons and won. (MoJo)
   
• SpaceX is a death trap. (Reuters)