Tyler Foster
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Detroit homeowners have until 4:30 p.m. on November 6 to file for the poverty property-tax exemption, and households whose only income is SSI or Social Security benefits do not reapply each year
Detroit homeowners who want the city’s poverty property-tax exemption have until 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2026, to turn in an application. Approval exempts the...
California will leave its SSI state supplement frozen at $239.94 for an individual on January 1, so only the federal share rises
California’s state supplement to Supplemental Security Income stays frozen at $239.94 a month for an individual on January 1. The federal cost-of-living adjustment of 3.6...
Social Security closed its Portland repayment lockbox, and overpayment checks reaching the old post office box after December 30 are returned to sender
Social Security has retired the Portland, Oregon, post office box that took repayment checks, and mail still sent there after December 30, 2026, will go...
A CMS proposal would stop Medicare Advantage members paying out-of-network prices when a wrong provider directory sends them to the wrong doctor
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule that would cap what a Medicare Advantage member pays at the plan’s in-network rate...
The average Medicare shopper has 28 drug-covering Advantage plans to pick from for 2027, and the share with more than 40 options drops to one in five
A person shopping for a Medicare Advantage plan with drug coverage for 2027 can pick from 28 of them on average, according to KFF, the...
Social Security’s watchdog found a quarter of sampled SSI recipients owned a vehicle they never reported, and the agency does not independently verify ownership
Social Security’s inspector general found that 54 of 208 sampled Supplemental Security Income recipients, or 26 percent, owned a vehicle they had not reported. The...
Social Security’s 3.6% raise lands in January, and beneficiaries who want the notice with their new amount online must enroll in paperless notices by November 18
Social Security benefits rise 3.6% in 2027, the agency announced on October 14, and the larger payments start arriving in January. The new amount shows...
A $1.75 million American Vision Partners data breach settlement lets about 258,070 people with exposed Social Security numbers claim up to $3,000 in documented losses by November 12
People whose Social Security numbers were exposed in the American Vision Partners cyberattack have until November 12, 2026 to file for money from a $1.75...
Missouri bars heat shutoffs on days forecast below freezing, Nov. 1 to March 31
Missouri’s Cold Weather Rule is in effect from Nov. 1 through March 31, and during that stretch gas and electric companies cannot cut off heat-related...
Social Security’s watchdog flags $9.1 million tied to beneficiaries living in restricted countries
Social Security’s inspector general has flagged $9.1 million in payments tied to beneficiaries who live in countries where the agency restricts how it pays. The...
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual has filed to cut homeowners rates for 133,000 policyholders
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company has filed a 5.2% homeowners rate decrease with the Texas Department of Insurance, a change that would reach 133,000...
Publix pays an 11.6-cent quarterly dividend to stockholders on November 2
Publix Super Markets will pay stockholders 11.6 cents a share on November 2, a quarterly dividend the grocer’s board declared on October 1. The payment...
The Nasdaq lost 1,226 points this week, its worst week since June
The Nasdaq Composite ended the week of October 12 to 16 down 1,226.14 points, a 4.5 percent loss, after closing Friday at 26,140.03. The Associated...
Charles Schwab now offers bitcoin and ether trading to eligible U.S. brokerage clients at 75 basis points a trade, and the coins are not covered by SIPC
Bitcoin and ether are open for trading at Charles Schwab, which charges 75 basis points on each trade for clients who qualify. Schwab’s own disclosure...
Families headed by someone 75 or older saw median net worth climb to $504,900 in 2025, while those headed by someone 65 to 74 slipped to $431,300, the Fed finds
The oldest American families came out of the last three years with noticeably more wealth, while the households just behind them lost ground. The Federal...
SSI couples in Maine who both get the state supplement are due two full individual state supplements instead of 1.5 times one, under a law in effect since July 29
Married couples in Maine who both receive the state’s SSI supplement are due the sum of two individual supplements, not 1.5 times one, under a...