Supervisor Fielder is proposing a tax on financial institutions to fund the creation of a municipal public bank. The bank would allow the city to issue low-cost loans for affordable housing, small businesses, and green infrastructure. via @io-y-g.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-j...

Join www.PublicBankingInstitute.org & @aflep-nm.bsky.social as we welcome Don Morgan to a local/national conversation to forward COMMUNITY INVESTMENT in NM! Register for the online event here! tinyurl.com/NMWelcomesDo... #CreatePublicBanksNow! #NewMexico then nationally! @indivisiblemv.bsky.social

Have you checked out the recording and Q&A of November's "Public Banking: Coast to Coast" webinar yet? Learn about the power of public banking and get the latest on dynamic state and municipal-level campaigns, including here in Massachusetts!

Thank you to everyone who came to the State House yesterday to testify in support of S.1114/S.736, "An Act to Establish a Massachusetts Public Bank," and to Financial Services members for your questions. No doubt now about the need--for small business, municipalities, local ag and economic justice!

Michael Shuman at Main Street Journal: With a mandate and an ambitious agenda, "there’s one thing Mayor Mamdani could do to generate an additional billion dollars per year without raising taxes: Create a public bank." mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/hey-zohran...

As federal funding for states shrink, people are taking back control, building public banks owned by communities. Join a national conversation with movement leaders + Senator Elizabeth Warren to reclaim local funds for housing, climate & more! Nov 19, 12 PM PT/3PM ET bit.ly/PBC2C

Our latest newsletter! Read about Mass Public Banking at the State House and in DC, get a legislative update, and meet a few of our organizers. api.neonemails.com/emails/conte... Stay in the loop--subscribe at ujimaboston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/u...

A city-owned bank? Fresno enters the chat on public banking A group of local and statewide poverty-fighting organizations want Fresno to reimagine how it does its banking. Fresno, which ranked ninety-seventh out of 100 in small business lending in a national study just over a year ago, lags behind…

📢New on our Current Scholarship section: How does a central bank's legal design determine which interests it serves? @danrohde.bsky.social dives deep into this question looking at the Bank of Canada's founding debates. Check it out! 📖🏦💰

When the highly unpopular, budget-busting “Big Beautiful Bill” takes hold of the American economy, citizens and local governments will be faced with new levels of fiscal challenge — where will they get the money to keep their communities secure? -- by Walt McRee substack.com/home/post/p-...

U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib will be joining the California Public Banking Alliance and other familiar guests for a roundtable discussion on public banking. Tune in Tue. 6/17 from 2-3 PM EST for this amazing event! Details and Zoom registration here: spokeconsulting.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Researchers at Demos and New Economy Project recently released an excellent study on the history and persistence of the racial wealth gap and the role that public banks can play in building broader prosperity in Black and brown communities. www.demos.org/sites/defaul...

With Trump's cuts to housing, green energy, and other programs, it's time to put NYC's nearly $2.2 billion in deposits in a public bank and let the city's money go to work to bring jobs, housing, and lending to residents and small businesses. citylimits.org/opinion-a-pu...

Small Business Administration staff cuts, tighter regs, and abandonment of programs that help women and people of color start and succeed as entrepreneurs increase the urgency for Massachusetts to pass H1114 and establish its own public bank. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

US watchdogs are reportedly planning to slash capital rules for banks designed to prevent another 2008-style crash, as Trump’s deregulation drive opens the door to the biggest rollback of post-crisis protections in more than a decade. www.theguardian.com/business/202...