Social Security going up 2 percent in 2018, average recipient to get extra...
WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2 percent increase in benefits next year. It’s the largest increase since 2012 but comes to only $25 a month for the...
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How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy
By Lisa Rein and Andrew Ba Tran, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Nearly a year into his takeover of Washington, President Donald Trump has made a significant down payment on his campaign pledge to...
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Time to retire Social Security numbers
Thinkstock by Getty Images On Dec. 1, 1936, government administrator Joe Fay walked over to a stack of cards in his Baltimore office, plucked the first piece of paper off the top, and made a historic...
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What happens when the government shuts down
WASHINGTON — The world won’t end if a dysfunctional Washington can’t find a way to pass a funding bill before this weekend. That’s the truth about a government “shutdown”: The government doesn’t shut...
View ArticleOne out of 10 Social Security offices has closed since 2000; seniors and...
A series of shutdowns across the country by the Social Security Administration is causing major difficulties for the elderly, people with disabilities and other beneficiaries, activists and political...
View ArticleLetters: Oil bust inevitable, tax cuts, Social Security, more responses...
Oil bust inevitable Re: “Progressive Democrats deceived Colorado voters,” March 21 commentary Mark Hillman’s commentary calling progressive Democrats deceitful doesn’t recognize that oil, like coal, is...
View ArticleAvenatti charged with embezzlement, fraud, cheating on taxes
LOS ANGELES — Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged in a 36-count federal indictment alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, did not pay his taxes, committed bank fraud and lied in...
View ArticleChanges to Colorado’s disability benefits application process irks advocates,...
A step has been added to the appeals process for receiving Social Security disability benefits in Colorado, prompting criticism that the change adds delays to an already slow system. Everyone who filed...
View ArticleStepping up feud, Trump assails Rep. Elijah Cummings as “racist”
WASHINGTON — Upping a feud with an influential black lawmaker, President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed Rep. Elijah Cummings as a “racist” over the “rodent-infested mess” in his district while White...
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Road to Retirement: When should you start taking Social Security?
As people approach the age of 60, many start thinking about how and when to access their Social Security benefits. The basic rule is that you can start to receive Social Security as early as age 62 or...
View ArticleRobocalls remain the bane of Colorado consumers
Consumers received a constant stream of illegal robocalls last year, and that kept the phones at the Colorado Attorney General’s office ringing and ringing. “We are living in a more complicated and...
View ArticleConsumer inflation hits a 20-year high in Denver area
Consumer inflation in metro Denver has reached its highest levels since 2001, when the dot-com boom pushed up prices and wages across the economy. Measured on an annual basis, the Consumer Price Index...
View ArticleSocial Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39...
View ArticleSocial Security’s cost-of-living increase largest in four decades, estimate says
More than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits can expect an inflation adjustment to their monthly checks next year that will be the largest in four decades. Government inflation...
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