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How to make every day, savings day! By:  Pier Yvette Alsup, Chief Community Engagement Officer Together Credit Union National Savings Day is “celebrated” each year on October 12th to recognize the value of saving and highlight simple steps to making saving easier! When you think about it, most of us are savers we…

Credit Scores 101 Together Credit Union Pier Yvette Alsup – Chief Community Engagement Officer   What is your credit score? And, why is it important? A credit score is a summary of one’s credit, debt, and payment history identified as a three-digit number. Typically, a score can be as high as 850 and as…

Spending & Saving Steps for Growing Families Together Credit Union Pier Yvette Alsup – Chief Community Engagement Officer New baby on the way?  There is plenty of excitement with shopping and showers, selecting a name, and anticipating the date of birth!  Welcoming a new baby is life-changing for any family.  But a new bundle…

NEW YORK (AP) — The former publisher of the National Enquirer testified at Donald Trump’s hush money trial about going to great lengths to help shield his old friend from potentially damaging stories. The efforts relied on a catch-and-kill scheme prosecutors allege amounted to interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. At the same time, the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer’s former publisher says he pledged to be the “eyes and ears” of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, which led to an agreement to give the ex-president’s lawyer advance notice of negative stories that might torpedo his aspirations. David Pecker is the first witness in Trump's criminal hush money case.…

HONOLULU (AP) — A new report shows that the head of Maui's emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August. That came as a broader communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts. The report released Wednesday says communications problems…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot be applied to Becky Pepper Jackson. She has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as…

Reaction has come in regarding the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson's family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. The decorated football star was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, but wound up in…