As the Social Security Administration's retirement trust fund is bound to become insolvent in under a decade, it proposes to ...

Universities and colleges in Ventura County, around the state and the nation are struggling with declining enrollment. Part of the enrollment decline stems from demographic changes. However, a lack of ...

The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations. By Lisa Friedman The White House has ordered federal ...

The annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is intended to help retirees deal with inflation. However, it uses a metric that some feel doesn't fully capture retirees' increased costs. A lot has ...

That said, cost of living is far more affordable in some states than others. For example: Among the nine states that still tax Social Security benefits, West Virginia has an annual cost of living that ...

A recent reduction in tax income has accelerated the timeline to deplete the Social Security trust fund. Current law requires Social Security to cut benefit payments if the trust is depleted. This ...

The Social Security Administration distributes benefits to almost 74 million people each month. Here is when to expect yours in December.

(Beyond Pesticides, January 22, 2025) A study published in Nature Scientific Reports in December 2024 sheds light on how people value the benefits of reducing or eliminating pesticide exposures. The ...

The Social Security cost-of-living increase will go up by 2.8% in 2026, which translates to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials said Friday. The benefits ...

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially closing 10% of the program’s funding gap.