by Michelle Mosser | Jun 1, 2021 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wall Street (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) By Andy Morrison, Gotham Gazette | May 31,2021 This past week, an obscure public body, the New York City Banking Commission, decided that the city can resume banking...
by Michelle Mosser | May 27, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
George Floyd rally at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Mobilus In Mobili, Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) By Kevin Wack, Polo Rocha, Laura Alix, Allissa Kline & Jon Prior, American Banker | May 25, 2021 One year ago today, Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was...
by Michelle Mosser | May 27, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
The Biden administration estimates that 80 percent of eligible households for the child tax credit will receive those funds directly in their bank account. (Image by Standsome from Pixabay) By Claire Williams, Morning Consult | May 26, 2021 A NM Public Bank...
by Michelle Mosser | May 20, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Small Business
Segun Idowu, via Twitter By Jon Chesto, Boston Globe | May 19, 2021 Business group backs setting aside $50 million a year to fund a state-owned lender The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts is throwing its newfound political muscle behind an unusual...
by Michelle Mosser | May 13, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Renewable Energy
“Pedernales Electric Cooperative Christmas Lights,” Mike Rastiello (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By Wan R. Smith and Philip Fracica, Nonprofit Quarterly | May 12, 2021 Rural Electric Cooperatives (REC) were originally like public infrastructure banks for supplying...
by Michelle Mosser | May 6, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, NM. Many rural NM hospitals are struggling right now. Photo courtesy Guadalupe County Hospital website (www.gchnm.org). By Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance | April 20, 2021 Testimony before the U.S....