by Michelle Mosser | Jul 8, 2020 | News, Economics, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Ken Lund/CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ameya Pawar, Harish I. Patel, The Chicago Reporter | July 7, 2020 Local and state governments are facing massive budget deficits after economically sensitive revenue streams tanked as a result of the extreme but necessary...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 25, 2020 | News, National, Public Bank, Public Banking
Senator James Sanders of Queens is the lead sponsor of the Senate’s public-banking bill. Image courtesy CityLimits. By Sadef Ali Kully, CityLimits | June 25, 2020 Now is the time to create a public banking system as the city prepares for deep budget cuts amid...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 16, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Economics, Environment, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image: November 2019, NJ Gov. Phil Murphy holds a news conference to announce an executive order creating a board to develop an implementation plan for a public bank. (Governor’s Office, via Twitter) By Ed Potosnak, The Star-Ledger | June 16, 2020 New...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 16, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image courtesy New York Communities for Change via Twitter By John Paraskevopoulos, Times Union | June 16, 2020 New York State is among many joining the movement for a state-chartered public bank. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many of the...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Economics, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image: Caprock wind farm, courtesy www.theblondecoyote.com By Paul Gibson, Retake Our Democracy | June 16, 2020 Today we look at what public banking could do for NM. For those who think this is unrealistic, we provide some powerful evidence that things are starting to...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 15, 2020 | News, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image: Roundhouse in Santa Fe, NM (Mr.TinDC, CC BY-ND 2.0) By George Gamble, Santa Fe New Mexican | June 13, 2020 The money is there: It’s the political will that is needed. Daily news details the impact of the coronavirus health and economic crises on New Mexico, the...