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Q: How much money does the federal government owe the Social Security trust funds? And how much interest does the federal government pay on the money it has borrowed every year?
Redding is not the only California city asking voters to weigh in on retirement benefits.Voters in Pacific Grove last November took an even more radical step, approving a City Council proposal to pull out of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) in favor of a seemingly less expensive defined contribution plan resembling a 401(k).But officials in the Monterey Peninsula city ...
The Ohio Senate has approved a resolution to create a task force to study alternatives, including marketplace competition, with respect to the Ohio's workers' compensation program.
With jobs continuing to vanish and surviving employees nervous about their own future, workplace stress is on the rise.
The U.S. Social Security Administration yesterday asked an internal watchdog to investigate whether furloughs of state workers in California and Hawai'i have disrupted the processing of disability claims.
The FBI said it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.
Dear Editor: This year we seniors who are on Social Security will not get a cost of living raise in benefits. Is Washington D.C. on another planet? Since they said the cost of living has not gone? They surely must be on another planet!!!! * Heating oil has gone up. * Gasoline has gone up. * My phone bill has gone up $10. * My electric has gone up. read more
Camo means honorThe opinion piece "Dressed to kill: Why clothe kids in camouflage?" left me feeling riled up and misunderstood. While camo represents aggression and violence to the writer, for my family it symbolizes honor, service, humility, and sacrifice.
FORT SMITH - Deborah Groom, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jerry Lynn Jones, age 60, of Marble Falls, Arkansas appeared Thursday, Nov. 12, for sentencing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jimm Larry Hendren in Harrison.
The Social Security's online retirement estimator, which is available at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator, can provide immediate and personalized benefit estimates to people who have enrolled in Medicare but have not yet filed for Social Security ben-efits.
NASHVILLE — State Election Coordinator Mark Goins said Friday his office tentatively has identified at least 9,800 dead people on voter registration rolls across Tennessee.
LOUDONVILLE—The age-old expression “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today” has never resonated stronger.
Required readingJohn Brock’s "Does global warming exist? Absolutely!” (Point of View, Nov. 15) should be required reading for all American citizens. Brock explained the untruth of global cooling and heating well. Nothing serious is happening to our global system that we can change. Berry Commoner and a wildlife photographer preached global cooling in the 1970s. They managed to scare some young ...
LAGUNA WOODS-Nearly 100 people showed up at Clubhouse 2 on Thursday to learn more about how to protect themselves against fraudulent behavior and financial scams. Deputy State Controller Audrey Noda stepped in to introduce the program since State...
Thousands of Kenosha residents will have something extra to give thanks for next week thanks to the community’s support. The Holiday House, at 4300 39th Ave., will host its annual Thanksgiving food basket distribution next week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nov. 20, 2009 - Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today asked the agency’s Inspector General to investigate allegations that the states of California and Hawaii have recently implemented practices that deny applicants the right to receive full consideration of their Social Security disability claims.