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PITTSBURGH - Credit union attendees at the Jan. 26th meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association heard some encouraging words from special guest speaker Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Pa.). The fifth term congressman told the more than 70 credit union volunteers and professionals who attended that credit...

LYNCHBURG, Va. - VACORP FCU, Virginia's home state corporate, officially opened the doors of its new headquarters on Jan. 18. VACORP had been leasing space from the Virginia CU League for years, but VACORP CEO Jim Hansen said the corporate just needed more space. It will have approximately 9,000 square...

CUNA Hires New Political Director WASHINGTON-CUNA has named Thomas D. "Trey" Hawkins III as its new political director. Hawkins will join the outfit in early February. He replaces Karen Ward Kincer, who left CUNA to become a full-time mom. As political director, Hawkins will be responsible for all of CUNA's...

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - Employees of Auto Workers FCU who are members of Teamsters Local 249, called a strike against the credit union and began picketing AWFCU's two locations Feb. 1 after their contract ended Jan. 31. Auto Workers FCU and Teamsters Local 249 officials did not return calls from...

MADISON, Wis. - Credit union staff can custom-design their own path to learning the rules and regulations of individual retirement accounts and health savings accounts at CUNA Mutual Group's 2005 IRA "Supertrain" compliance workshops. The five-day workshops will be held at seven sites during the year, said Andrea Hopkins, CUNA...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is Seattle-bound again. Plans are underway to open a new Safeway store branch in May 2005. Alaska USA has added nine new branches in the Seattle area in the last three years, and all operate seven days a week. Other Washington State...

BALTIMORE, Md. - MECU of Baltimore, Inc. has returned $3.7 million in earned income after expenses to its members in the form of loan interest rebates and dividends for the fiscal year 2004. Loan interest rebates were deposited into members' share accounts the end of November and the dividends were...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson hopes to have a proposal out on credit union capital issues "sooner rather than later" covering three key areas to help ease the burden on credit unions. Producing "significant, meaningful improvements relating to capital for all credit unions," was a highlight of Johnson's...