Social Security Retirement Benefits News

Many Texans watching debt ceiling debate with anxietyTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:23PMSocial Security, Medicaid and Medicare changes would affect millions of Texans, advocates say.

Judge Daugherty retires amid investigationTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:06PMHUNTINGTON -- David B. Daugherty, a longtime state and federal judge, has retired from his post as an administrative law judge, said Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle.

Va. Senator Mark Warner in push for bipartisan plan to cut deficitTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:50PMWASHINGTON — The bipartisan “Gang of Six” senators on Tuesday offered a major plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade, but whether it can break through the budget debate will depend on whether Republican lawmakers can find a way to endorse well over $1 trillion in new tax revenues reaped as Congress overhauls the loophole-choked U.S. tax code.

6 Senators, Including Conrad, Push Bipartisan Plan to Cut DeficitTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:53PMThe bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators on Tuesday offered a major plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade.

AARP founder had an eager audience in St. PetersburgTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:48PMBy Jerry Blizin, Times Correspondent Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Ethel Percy Andrus, third from left, attends the grand opening of the AARP/NRTA office and pharmacy in St. Petersburg in 1960. AARP and the NRTA used members’ collective purchasing power to buy prescription drugs in bulk and sell them at a discount. As a St. Petersburg Times reporter from 1948 to 1965, Jerry Blizin covered some of ...