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WASHINGTON- As last week's story entitled "Congress is out, but there is still legislative work to be done" (CU Times, Aug. 28) highlighted, throughout the August congressional recess, credit unions and their leagues continue to push hard for credit union issues with lawmakers in their home districts. Due to overwhelming...

DENVER - With two key Congressional races at stake, the Colorado Credit Union League is revving up its political action program this month as it prepares to seek defeat of two anti-CU Republican candidates in the Nov. 5 election. In a letter sent to Colorado CUs, James D. Holt, the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - With the search and retention of good qualified employees a credit union priority, many will be turning to human resource departments for answers. A recently released study by the Society for Human Resources Management finds it won't be easy for HR personnel as they will be facing...

WASHINGTON-NAFCU congratulated House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), also the bankruptcy reform conference committee chairman, on the successful negotiation of the conference agreement and urged its swift passage as lawmakers return from the August recess. "This legislation is well balanced and goes a long way toward making appropriate and long-needed...

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ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU has brought in another Hill staffer to add to its list of lobbyists pounding the Hill for federal credit unions. Dillon Shea joined NAFCU's legislative team August 26 as associate director of legislative affairs. He left the office of House Financial Services Committee Member Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)-where he...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - From disaster recovery benefits to helping offset banks' brick and mortar advantage, shared branching leaders say now is the time for credit unions to take a closer look at how this 25-year old concept can help them. And for those who haven't looked lately, they'll...

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - AmeriChoice Federal Credit Union has added payroll processing to its business services menu, the latest rollout since the AFCU business department was launched in January. Mark Ritter, who joined the credit union early this year to head the department, notes the credit union is relatively new to...