WASHINGTON -- Credit unions can hold a campaign event in their offices but can't force employees to buy a ticket. They have to follow more stringent rules if persons outside the credit union are invited.

WASHINGTON -- Credit unions should take risks but should do so carefully.

WASHINGTON -- CUNA President Dan Mica and NCUA Chairman Michael E. Fryzel met last week, their first get together since Fryzel took office earlier this month.

WASHINGTON -- If money, as the old adage goes, talks, then CUNA and NAFCU know how to use their microphones.

WASHINGTON -- The financial health of credit unions and NCUSIF could be threatened by easing restrictions on member business loans, the American Bankers Association told the NCUA last week.

WASHINGTON -- It doesn't work quite the way American government textbooks describe it: Congress passes laws and leaves it at that, while regulatory agencies like the NCUA and the Federal Reserve get into the nuts and bolts of rules and regulations and are independent, though members are appointed by the...

WASHINGTON -- In yet another indication of the housing industry woes that have triggered part of the economic downturn, housing starts fell 11% in July, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON -- In yet another indication of the housing industry woes that have triggered part of the economic downturn, housing starts fell 11% in July, the Commerce Department reported today.