Social Security provides benefits to over 71 million Americans, including retirees, veterans, and dependents. Benefits are initially calculated based on a worker’s earnings history. However, to prevent these payments from losing value over time, annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) were created by law in 1973 and took effect in 1975. The COLA varies each year. For […]
Social Security COLA rises with increasing inflation pressure A look at Social Security’s adjustments for inflation, including the increase in the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 3% for 2025 and the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). A cooling of inflation is likely to lead to a modest adjustment in the cost of living for […]
Personal data of millions of Americans hacked in data theft Millions of social security numbers were hacked after a massive data theft. Here’s how you can protect yourself. This year, nearly 68 million American retirees, veterans and dependents rely on Social Security benefits each month to make ends meet. For nearly 30% of Americans, these […]
Personal data of millions of Americans hacked in data theft Millions of social security numbers were hacked after a massive data theft. Here’s how you can protect yourself. Some Social Security recipients may have noticed something unusual in this monthly schedule: There is no SSI payment scheduled for the month of September. The slight change […]
Social Security COLA rises with increasing inflation pressure A look at Social Security’s adjustments for inflation, including the increase in the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 3% for 2025 and the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Every year, millions of Americans who rely on Social Security benefits wait for news about the annual cost-of-living […]
Launched in August 1974, the program provides rental assistance to income-eligible individuals and families across the country. Section 8 in Erie: Brandon Penn Brandon Penn is an Erie-based landlord who rents properties through the federal Section 8 rental assistance program. Danielle Johnson believes her life was saved by the federal Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) […]
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly named Erika Kubly. an employee of the city’s Neighborhood Development Services Department. The article has been corrected to identify Housing Authority representative Rachel Carter as the correct source. A housing assistance program in the Iowa City area temporarily stopped accepting new applications this summer after a […]
The Hamilton Counted report for the second quarter of 2024 shows a dramatic increase in calls for domestic violence, homicide and the need for emergency food packages compared to previous years, as well as a significant decrease in fatal overdoses. The report provides the latest statistics and figures on crime, overdoses and food insecurity in […]
3 minutes reading time Heather Burroughs | Special to the USA TODAY Network You don’t win arguments with half-truths and TikTok “facts,” but those are exactly the weapons in Governor Kathy Hochul’s arsenal as she attacks the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). CDPAP gives people with disabilities the freedom to manage their own care […]
