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100 Years Ago, Farmers and Socialists Established the Country’s First Modern Public Bank

In These Times authors Thomas M. Hanna and Adam Simpson gives the California Public Banking...

Has the Time Come for Banks Run By Cities and Voters?

CityLab talks to Sushil Jacob, Julian LaRosa and David Jette on how the Public Banking Act...

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Wall Street Beware: The Public Banking Movement Is Coming for You

By Robert R. Raymond, Truthout. It may not come as a surprise to hear that the majority of...

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Public-banking bill sails through California Senate committee with North Bay support

By Chase DiFeliciantonio, North Bay Business Journal. A bill that would allow some...

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How Big Banks Work

Nomi Prins leads a panel discussion on big banking featuring Sean Stone, Trinity Tran...

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California ‘public banks’ legislation could upend local government finance, backers say

North Bay Business Journal talks with California Public Banking Alliance members Chris...

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Public Banking Act passes state Senate test

Beverly Press. The Public Banking Act, AB 857, passed its first hurdle in the California...

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In Us We Trust

By Tom Gogola, Pacific Sun. There’s an effort afoot in Sacramento for public banking that’s...

Does public banking loom in California?

By Scott Soriano, Capitol Weekly. The concept of public banking in California is making a...

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As Community Lenders Sell Out or Go Under, Can Publicly-Owned Banks Restore Local Control?

San Jose Inside talks to California Public Banking Alliance organizer Jake Tonkel with...

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Bohemian.com talks with Friends of Public Banking Santa Rosa organizer and Alliance member...

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S.F.’s Public Bank One Step Closer to Reality With State Senate Vote

A California bill that would allow San Francisco to open a city-run bank cleared a key...