HARAHAN, La. - The Louisiana Credit Union League has promoted Connie Major to vice president of governmental/public affairs. Major is a 20-year veteran of the League. She is responsible for its Credit Union Legislative Action Committee activities and works closely with the League's retained lobbyists in Washington, D.C. and Baton...

WASHINGTON-The Washington, D.C.-area has become accustomed to snow this winter season, so when the white stuff fell the day of the deposit insurance reform hearing, hampering traffic for hours, government officials still were not deterred from providing their points of view on the subject. The Senate Banking Committee hearing on...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas - US Employees Credit Union staffers who are volunteers at Montgomery County Search and Rescue including CEO Greg Storch; Data Processing Director Dan Waggoner; Accounting Clerk Mark Perry; and Charles Blake in collections were part of a recent Amber Alert search effort. The MoCSR was called in...

WASHINGTON-Even as state attempts to tax credit unions appear to be spreading, credit union lobbyists are not worried about any changes at the federal level. "We oppose taxation of credit unions at any level," NAFCU Director of Legislative and Political Affairs Brad Thaler said. "We'll say that right off the...