There is still time for credit unions to register for Wednesday's CUNA National Webinar on the Credit Union Tax Status.

As credit unions Unite for Good to get the good word out about the value of credit unions, CUNA has succeeded in nabbing credit unions their share of the spotlight among nationwide media the past few weeks.

CUNA has spoken in support of National Credit Union Administration proposed fixed-asset rule changes but is urging that more improvements be made to the rule, in a comment letter filed Monday.

A revised version of Texas House Bill 500 provides nearly $1 billion in tax relief for Texas businesses, but has no provisions that are harmful to credit unions after the Texas Credit Union League lobbied a Senate subcommittee to remove amendments from the bill.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau confirmation vote and hearings on tax reform, qualified mortgages, the Dodd-Frank Act and other economic issues are expected in the U.S. Congress this week.

Plenty of news is swirling around recently approved and still-developing qualified mortgage changes, and this qualified mortgage news is featured in this week's edition of CUNA's Regulatory Advocacy Report.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is the latest member of the U.S. Congress to take on student loan issues, announcing a new bill, the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act, over the weekend.

Attendees of CUNA's America's Credit Union Conference in New York City will learn the secrets of taking bold action in times of duress from Lt. Col. Robert Darling, who served in the Gulf War as a decorated U.S. Marines combat helicopter pilot and was a key adviser to the Bush administration following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.