by Michelle Mosser | Jul 28, 2020 | News, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Illustration by Renee Heininger By Gino Fanelli, Rochester City Newspaper | July 24, 2020 Well into a global pandemic that has contributed to one of the worst financial crises in history and further exposed the country’s gaping inequality, Rochester lawmakers...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 28, 2020 | News, California, Economics, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by South Bend Voice / CC BY 2.0 By Miguel Santiago, CalMatters | July 23, 2020 A bold plan to help California’s local communities: Establish a public bank that would provide economic recovery loans to small businesses and local governments. The...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 21, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking, Small Business
Photo by Jeff Turner / CC BY 2.0 By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | July 21, 2020 A state-owned bank could help strengthen New Mexico’s economic recovery in the same ways that it could help California. Paul Pryde is the kind of guy who reads papers...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 20, 2020 | News, Bank of North Dakota, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Sandy Jacobson, owner of Brick Oven Bakery in downtown Bismarck, recently received a small employer loan from the Bank of North Dakota (Tom Stromme) By Jack Dura, Bismarck Tribune | July 19, 2020 Steve and Sandy Jacobson’s bakery wasn’t even a year...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay By Katherine Carter & Patrick Hain, National League of Cities | July 10, 2020 As cities across the country consider ways that they can address the growing inequities throughout their communities, an important element is where a...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image courtesy Public Banking Institute By Cassandra Day, The Middletown Press | July 11, 2020 Local stakeholders are hoping to enlighten people about the possibility of creating a public banking system which potentially could become a financial lifeline to...