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A House bill would finally let combat-injured military retirees collect both their pension and their disability pay
Thousands of combat-injured military retirees forced out of service for medical reasons stand to gain full access to both their Defense Department pension and their...
Colorado seniors who missed July’s property-tax exemption can file late through August 15
Colorado homeowners who qualify for the senior homestead property tax exemption but failed to submit their applications by July 15 still have a narrow window...
New York is sending $2 billion in STAR property-tax relief to homeowners this year
Nearly 2.78 million homeowners across New York State will receive a combined $2.1 billion in STAR property-tax relief checks this summer and fall, according to...
The House passed a $10,000-a-year raise for catastrophically disabled veterans, and now the Senate must act
Catastrophically disabled veterans who depend on round-the-clock care stand to receive an extra $833.33 each month after the House passed the Sharri Briley and Eric...
New Jersey mails August property-tax relief that can reach $6,500 a year for senior homeowners
New Jersey seniors who own homes are set to receive overlapping tax-relief mailings in August 2026 that, combined, can cut annual property-tax bills by as...
More than 4 million people have dropped off SNAP under new work rules, with Arizona losing over half its recipients
More than 4 million people have lost access to federal food assistance after expanded work requirements took effect under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,...
Pennsylvania raised its rebate income limit to $48,110, opening $1,000 property-tax checks to more seniors
Older Pennsylvanians living on fixed incomes got a wider path to property-tax relief after the state raised the top income threshold for its rebate program...
New SNAP rules strip work-requirement exemptions from veterans, the homeless and former foster youth
Veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young adults who aged out of foster care now face a three-month countdown on their food assistance. Public Law 119-21,...
Georgia and Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees must log 80 work hours a month starting in 2027
Adults enrolled in Medicaid in Georgia and Wisconsin will need to complete 80 hours of work, education, community service, or job training each month to...
The FTC is mailing $2.7 million to 62,893 Handy workers automatically, with no claim to file
Nearly 63,000 gig workers who cleaned homes and assembled furniture through the Handy Technologies platform are receiving refund checks this month, with no paperwork required....
Michigan is sending expanded earned-income-credit payments averaging $550 a family
Roughly 700,000 Michigan households began receiving supplemental checks averaging $550 each after the state retroactively raised its earned income tax credit for tax year 2022....
Connecticut’s new law caps what residents pay out of pocket for prescriptions
Connecticut residents who pay cash for lower-cost prescriptions will now see those purchases count toward their insurance deductibles, a change that could reshape how thousands...
A bipartisan Senate bill would raise base VA disability pay for millions of veterans in late 2026
Millions of veterans who receive monthly VA disability checks could see their payments rise by the end of this year under a bipartisan Senate bill...
Pennsylvania paid $226 million in property-tax rebates worth up to $1,000 to 376,000 seniors
Nearly 376,000 Pennsylvania seniors, widows, widowers, and people with disabilities began receiving property-tax and rent rebates on July 1, with payments totaling $226.4 million for...
A new federal rule bars banks from closing accounts over politics or industry
Gun dealers, oil drillers, and private-prison operators can no longer be turned away by their banks simply because regulators considered those industries a reputational liability....
About 54,000 combat-injured veterans could finally collect both retirement and disability pay, roughly $1,200 more a month
A long-running gap in military retirement law is edging closer to closing. For decades, a group of combat-wounded veterans has had their military retired pay...
Iowa now lets insurers freeze suspicious transactions to stop elder fraud, after halting $2.59 million last year
Iowa has given its insurers and financial firms a new power aimed squarely at protecting older residents from fraud. Under a law that took effect...
Maine is sending $300 payments and expanding a property-tax credit for older homeowners this year
Maine is putting money back in the hands of residents this year through two separate channels, and older homeowners are among those best positioned to...
Wartime veterans and their surviving spouses can draw $1,500 to $2,900 a month from an underused VA pension
There is a Department of Veterans Affairs benefit built specifically for older wartime veterans and their surviving spouses who need help getting through the day,...
A Senate bill would send $1,200 tariff-rebate payments to couples earning under $180,000, plus $600 per child
The idea is simple enough to fit on a bumper sticker: if tariffs raise the price of goods for American families, send some of that...