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Public Banks: What Are They, and How Might They Impact Workers?

by Michelle Mosser | Feb 10, 2022 | Bank of North Dakota, National, News, Public Bank, Student Loans

ONLABOR, By Travis Lavenski January 12, 2022 (Above: First State Bank, Osnabrock North Dakota) Since the Great Recession in 2008, a surge of discourse regarding public banking has emerged. Commonly pushed as a core piece of progressive legislation, states...

Bank of North Dakota Announces Student Loan Relief Options

by Michelle Mosser | Mar 26, 2020 | Bank of North Dakota, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Student Loans

Photo by Dan Dimmock on Unsplash By Bank of North Dakota | Mar 24, 2020 Bismarck – Bank of North Dakota (BND) shared its student loan relief plans to assist borrowers impacted by COVID-19 with the Industrial Commission today. Effective immediately, borrowers...

Bozeman candidate advocates for public housing, government bank

by Michelle Mosser | Nov 12, 2019 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking, Student Loans

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...

The Bank of North Dakota — Its History and Operation

by Anthony Colombo | Jan 25, 2019 | Local Economies, Mortgage Loans, Public Banking, Student Loans, Videos, Videos National & PBI Videos

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...

Vote your values with your dollars: Support an SF public bank

by Anthony Colombo | May 18, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Monetary Policy, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Student Loans

By Zac Townsend | San Francisco Chronicle OPINION, May 7, 2018, 6:00pm We should organize San Francisco to prioritize supporting local financial institutions over big banks — some of the least ethical corporations in the United States. Almost every dollar the...

Public Banking in the Press: Public bank advocates gain advice from experts – A Report from the Banking On New Mexico Symposium

by Anthony Colombo | Sep 28, 2014 | Commercial Banking, Local Economies, Mortgage Loans, News, Postal Banking, Print Media, Public Banking, Student Loans, The Unbanked

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Public bank advocates gain advice from experts Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:00 pm | Updated: 11:18 pm, Sat Sep 27, 2014. By Ed Moreno For The New Mexican The path to establish a publicly owned bank will be scattered with legal...

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To Democratize Finance, We Must Take the Banks Away From the Bankers

By C.J. Polychroniou for Truthout | February 17, 2024 (Photo: LEONARDO MUNOZ / VIEWPRESS / GETTY IMAGES) Progressive economist Gerald Epstein explains how we can build a banking system that puts people over profit. Our current banking and financial system has...

Tlaib, AOC Revive Public Banking Act to Take on Wall Street

By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams | December 13, 2023 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks while Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) looks on (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) "Wall Street-run banks are failing to serve many of my residents who are struggling to...

Racial disparities in NY homeownership driven by higher interest rates, mortgage denials

By David Brand for Gothamist | November 1, 2023 (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling on state lawmakers to tackle unfair credit and lending practices that fuel a staggering racial gap in homeownership and force New...

Retake Our Democracy Zoominar Panel on Public Bank Legislation

We had a great discussion panel with Retake our Democracy ahead of the 2023 Legislative session. October 26, 2022

Albuquerque local business consultant on how a State Public Bank can benefit our economy

AFLEP Leadership Team Member and Albuquerque”buy local” business advocate, Clifton Chadwick shares key economic reasons why he supports the creation of a State-Owned Public Bank. March 10, 2022

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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