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...

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...

“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...

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the idea of creating a public bank has been proposed in dozens of states across the country...

While most taxpayer funds right now are deposited in commercial banks, the mission of a taxpayer-owned bank would be...

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy called for a sweeping revision of state economic policies during a major speech in Newark...