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The Bank in the Background
By Evan Sparks, ABA Banking Journal / August 21, 2019 Here we are, three adults, sitting in toddler-sized chairs in a former church basement. High-pitched laughter and kid chatter wafts in from the next room, where snacks are about to be served. I’m in the...
Bozeman candidate advocates for public housing, government bank
Photo: Rachel Leathe/Chronicle – Zachary Krumm is running for an open seat on the Bozeman City Commission against two other candidates. By Katheryn Houghton, Bozeman Daily Chronicle / Oct 17, 2019 A city commission candidate who wants to create public housing...
Banking on the Public
A New Mexico advocacy group wants to let the people decide what happens with their money Santa Fe Reporter, Will Costello In late 2016, Wells Fargo, the consumer lending behemoth of Wall Street, attracted the eyes of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the...The Bank of North Dakota — Its History and Operation
North Dakota has a public bank – a bank that has been owned and operated by the people of North Dakota since 1919. Because of the Bank of North Dakota, the state weathered the crisis of 2008 far better than most. North Dakota has not had a single local bank failure in...
Standing Rock’s Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks
Jan. 2, 2019, Deonna Anderson, Yes! magazine The effort to divest from Wall Street—and stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here’s what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking. In February 2017, Seattle...
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
Join those who’ve endorsed a Public Bank for New Mexico
“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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