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Man with disability needs help finding his service dog last seen in Marion, AR
A Colorado man with a disability needs your help finding his service dog last spotted in Marion, Ark. “I have basically scoured the whole highway,” said the dog’s owner, Mark Urich. “Just walking and calling him.” Urich got into Marion…
This week: National My Social Security Week
The Social Security Administration has declared this week National my Social Security Week. The administration is asking for help encouraging Americans to sign-up for their own my Social Security account. It is offering posters, publications, social media content and other…
Telephone tax scam growing
The Internal Revenue Service has shifted most of its operations online, but tax scammers are relying on a 19th century invention. Con artists pretending to be IRS agents are calling people via Alexander Graham Bell’s communications-changing device and, in many cases, demanding…
Social Security: The Surprising Push to Make Your Benefits Bigger
For years, Social Security has faced a looming financial crisis that has future recipients fearful that they’ll have to accept smaller monthly payments than they’d hoped. Surprisingly, though, a growing group of lawmakers in Congress are working to raise Social…
Court officials warn of jury scam
Durham County court officials have been informed that a Durham County resident was recently targeted in a scam involving jury duty. A caller informed the resident that a bench warrant had been issued because they had failed to report for…
Medicare Still Needs Reform — Soon
Despite the recent news that the Medicare Part A trust fund is projected to remain solvent for four more years than previously projected, it is important to understand that Medicare’s financial status still calls for immediate reforms. Some proponents of the Affordable Care…
5 Ways to Protect Your Credit
Sometimes it feels like the only stories in the news these days are about data breaches. Just this week alone, the Identity Theft Resource Center has reported a whopping 480 breach cases, a 21.5 percent increase over the same period…
Plan For Special Education Substitutes Draws Concerns
Dozens of Baltimore classrooms could be staffed by long-term substitutes when school begins, a plan drawing concern particularly because special-education students — who often struggle the most academically — could be the largest group affected. System leaders and local advocates are…
Heavy pot use in teen years may predict later-life disability
A long-term study of Swedish men finds that those who smoked marijuana at age 18, especially the heaviest users, were more likely to end up on the nation’s disability rolls by age 59. It’s unclear whether the pot use in adolescence…
Retirement Advice: Getting Better, But Still Deficient
You probably just heard that 36% of Americans haven’t saved a penny for retirement, according to a new Bankrate.com survey. (And 26% of 50- to 64-year-olds haven’t put away any money for it either.) I suspect that they — and, frankly, most of…