The 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) began with benefits payable to retired Social Security beneficiaries when their ...

There are many people who sign up for Social Security in their 60s and end up collecting benefits for 20 years or more. And ...

Illinois is the seventh best state in the U.S. to raise a family, according to the report. Authors looked 50 “key indicators” ...

DPS instead gave teachers a 2.06 percent cost of living raise for this year - a move that the union said was originally created as a contingency plan in case of a recession. Teachers recieved a 6 ...

For the fifth consecutive year, Hutchinson city employees will not get an across-the-board market, or cost-of-living, wage increase under the 2013 compensation plan adopted Dec. 20 by the City ...

Real estate prices have risen considerably over the past few years, and most places may end up with higher prices under ...

So last year, the Legislature voted to raise legislators’ pay by 61%, which will cost the state more than $1.5 million this year. They also are entitled to annual cost-of-living raises.