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EL PASO, Texas -- A media campaign touting the role Texas credit unions play in business lending during a period of economic stress was getting more mileage for the Texas Credit Union League this week as seen in a second favorable editorial appearing in a local newspaper.

ODESSA, Texas -- Members of the $119 million First Basin Credit Union who are supporting a slate of new candidates for board seats pooled their money and hired a small plane to drag a banner encouraging member turn out over Odessa yesterday.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- As expected, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed the state's restrictive field of membership law which takes effect July 1 and within nine months will force a branching/member pullback by nine CUs, mostly in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The NCUA Board has scheduled a pretty full agenda for its April 17 board meeting.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The NCUA Board has scheduled a pretty full agenda for its April 17 board meeting.

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Barney Frank, (D-Mass.) chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services has offered a rebuttal to White House claims in a letter sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) regarding elements of Chairman Frank's housing rescue proposal.