A Citizen’s Campaign to Reclaim Control of Public Money

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive, signed an executive order Wednesday to create a 14-member board...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday took the first steps to make New Jersey the first state in a century to open a state-owned bank...

Governor Phil Murphy followed through on one of his most challenging campaign promises by starting the clock on exploration...

Two years after his election, Gov. Phil Murphy is finally taking a first step toward fulfilling one of his more unique campaign promises...

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order aimed at making New Jersey the second state to establish a publicly run bank...

In January, days after Californians were first allowed to buy recreational marijuana in the state...

On April 10, 2018, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) unanimously voted to endorse public banking, passing a resolution...

A state public bank for New Jersey would have a large positive effect on jobs and state earnings according to a report prepared...

Phil Murphy describes Public Banking as “the type of big thinking we need to get back on track.” He wants to do even more...

Banking on New Jersey Co-Directors Joan Bartl and Walt McRee knew they had opened something special when they first talked with...

Last week’s gubernatorial primary resulted not only in the ascension of candidate Phil Murphy to the threshold of the NJ statehouse...

The long-time local attorney and father of two had been following the fallout from the Libor scandal, a brazen financial scam...

The connection between fighting against “Dick-and-Jane” gender stereotyping and fighting for a public bank in New Jersey is...

Philadelphia City Council Member Cindy Bass was already thinking about how to cut the city’s ties with Wells Fargo when...

Republicans are dead set on rolling back regulations passed to restrain Wall Street and big banks from repeating...

“This is one of the biggest eye-openers of my life,” says Rebecca Burke, a New Jersey activist on the call. “Once you see it...

Phil Murphy, the leading Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his campaign...

As a society obsessed by money, we pay a gigantic price for not educating high school and college students about money and banking...

Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks.

A thriving local economy is something we all want to see—no controversy there. But we’ve been too quick to accept the prevailing notion...