Welcome to the first ever Virtual Roundhouse! Among the challenges of a pandemic, accessing your legislators should not be one of them. We are bringing the State Capitol and Roundhouse Legislative events to the entire state in a virtual series. Attend conferences and presentations, network with the community, and attend one-on-one virtual office hours with elected officials from the entire state of New Mexico.

Every Tuesday at 7:30am during the 60-day legislative session from January 19 – March 16, 2021, the Virtual Roundhouse will hold networking events and virtual office hours where you can connect with lawmakers.

It’s free and open to the public.

More information: http://virtualroundhousenm.com

TUESDAY, Mar 2 at 12noon MT – Join Public Banking Institute for an Ohio Town Hall

States, cities and towns are facing serious budget crises, and communities are struggling to survive in the wake of high unemployment, exploding costs, and plummeting tax revenues. Interest rates on municipal bonds have shot up, while interest rates for banks have dropped virtually to zero. What can states and cities do? One option enables cities and states to take the initiative to fund their own recovery. That option is to form their own publicly-owned banks.

The Coalition for Public Banking in Ohio is working to make banking in the public interest a reality. If you were not able to attend the launch of our first Town Hall event this past November, here is a link to the recording. The first 30 minutes present a slide show that provides an overview of the public banking movement.

The Coalition is gathering again to develop effective strategies to build a diverse coalition of advocates for public banking in Ohio. Together with PBI we will explore the benefits that public banking can bring to state, regional, and local governments in the state. The Coalition has not yet developed or endorsed any specific proposal to establish a public bank. Our goal is to educate, advocate, and lobby the governor, mayors, state and local legislators, and agency administrators to create public banks capable of investing in the needs of Ohio communities.

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