BATON ROUGE, La. -- As evacuated credit union employees start returning to their jobs Thursday, latest reports show an estimated 40 CUs in central and southern Louisiana are still not fully operational, according to regulators.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- As evacuated credit union employees start returning to their jobs Thursday, latest reports show an estimated 40 CUs in central and southern Louisiana are still not fully operational, according to regulators.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Setting a precedent, the Missouri Credit Union Association said last week it will start this year making formal endorsements of political candidates for both state and federal office.

TOPEKA, Kan. --Another bank failure, this one in Topeka, led Kansas credit unions to step up their safety and soundness campaigns.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Hurricane Gustav, now a tropical storm barely off the radar, credit unions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are being reminded to get disaster preparedness plans at the ready for Hanna, the next Atlantic storm, still days away from possible landfall.

NEW ORLEANS -- Based on early contacts, CUNA Mutual Group Tuesday reported "no major losses" so far from Mississippi and Louisiana CUs as a result of Hurricane Gustav but suggested because of the storm's slow moving path there could be future flood damage to property of policyholders.

NEW ORLEANS -- Based on early contacts, CUNA Mutual Group Tuesday reported "no major losses" so far from Mississippi and Louisiana CUs as a result of Hurricane Gustav but suggested because of the storm's slow moving path there could be future flood damage to property of policyholders.

NEW ORLEANS -- Though scattered damage and power outages have been the norm, credit unions in coastal Louisiana were reporting conditions "not nearly as bad" as expected as hurricane Gustav, now downgraded to a tropical storm, headed for Texas and Oklahoma after a glancing blow to New Orleans.