by Leila Salim | Sep 9, 2023 | California, Commercial Banking, Economics, National, News
By Sydney Johnson for KQED | SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 Photo: A Muni bus passes by City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 8, 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) After years of pressure from financial equity advocates, San Francisco supervisors this week unanimously approved a plan for the...
by Leila Salim | Jul 10, 2023 | California, Commercial Banking, Economics, National, News
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON for Los Angeles Times | JULY 6, 2023 Photo: Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, left, presents Assemblyman David Chi a sign after Chiu’s measure to let California cities create their own public banks was approved by the Assembly in 2019. (Rich Pedroncelli...
by Leila Salim | Jun 27, 2023 | California, Commercial Banking, Economics, National, News
By Oscar Perry Abello for NextCity | JUNE 27, 2023 — From Los Angeles to the East Bay, major public banking plans are emerging from California cities. Prince Osemwengie has been looking into every tool in the toolbox to help stem the tide of local businesses...
by Leila Salim | Jun 26, 2023 | AFLEP in New Mexico, Economics, Equity, New Mexico, New Mexico News
By Ryan Boetel for Albuquerque Journal | June 25, 2023 Rural NM has some of the worst access to high-speed internet. Here’s what the federal government is doing to address the disconnect. Photo above: Horacio Lizama, left, from Medanales, and Juan...
by Leila Salim | Jun 23, 2023 | Economics, National, News
By Cinnamon Janzer for NextCity | June 21, 2023 — Inspired by Spain’s pioneering Mondragon worker-ownership movement, Co-op Cincy recently returned to the Basque region to uncover how they can take their work to the next level. For his 91st birthday...
by Leila Salim | Jun 19, 2023 | Economics, National, News
On June 13, 2023, Congressman Danny Davis introduced the National Infrastructure Bank Bill H.R.4052 into the 118th Congress. The bill calls for a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to build all the Nation’s infrastructure. As noted on Congress.gov,...