by Anthony Colombo | Jan 7, 2018 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
BY DEONNA ANDERSON | DECEMBER 28, 2017 In Portland, Oregon, a movement is slowly building to establish a public bank. After debating divestment from companies whose practices might be harmful to people or the environment, the City Council voted in April to stop...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 9, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
By Joshua Sabatini | San Francisco Examiner | December 3, 2017 San Francisco could become the first city in the nation to launch a public bank. Supervisors Malia Cohen and Sandra Fewer are advancing the idea of establishing a municipal bank, which would end The City’s...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 7, 2017 | Local Economies, News
By T. S. Last / Journal Staff Writer | The Albuquerque Journal | November 21, 2017 SANTA FE – One thing was clear from a public forum held by the city of Santa Fe’s Public Bank Task Force, formed to research and identify barriers to forming a public bank: It won’t be...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 21, 2017 | News, Public Banking, Santa Fe
By T. S. Last / Journal Staff Writer | The Albuquerque Journal | November 17, 2017 SANTA FE, N.M. — Already halfway through its six-month exercise to examine what next steps need to be taken to establish a public bank in Santa Fe and identify potential barriers, the...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 21, 2017 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
By Tripp Stelnicki | The New Mexican | November 20, 2017 Whether there will someday be a Public Bank of Santa Fe was not decided Monday night, but concerned community members got an earful of the myriad regulatory and capitalization hurdles that must be resolved or...