Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Massachusetts suffered an embarrassing drop in the US News and World Report best state ranking last week, especially so because we blew it so badly in just one thing: transportation. We are a dismal 45th out of 50, and to make it worse, it’s a score not just...
Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Monday, Seattle made their effort to create a public bank official by issuing a request for proposals for a Seattle Public Bank feasibility study. The city is seeking “a skilled consultant available for immediate work to evaluate the legal, financial and...
Feb 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
A little over a month ago, a nor’easter flooded coastal neighborhoods in Boston and both the north and south shores. Today, the Boston area will likely set a new record high for February 21. Municipalities are only just beginning to plan for floods, droughts,...
Feb 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The disconnect between state-level legalization and federal prohibition has left the cannabis industry pretty much “unbanked,” and there are potentially billions of dollars in play, from small business loans to retail banking services to tax payments. In...
Feb 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Maine Fiddlehead Focus reports that Maine Public Banking recently presented its Profiles in Courage Awards to two state senators who supported a State Green Bank proposal despite what organizer Randall Parr characterized as “substantial...
Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Politicians like to explain budgets as if governments are housewives checking the cookie jar and deciding whether Sunday dinner is going to be roast beef or Hamburger Helper. Aside from the obvious anachronisms—housewife? Sunday dinner?—governments aren’t...
