That means if her survivor benefit exceeds what she would receive on her own record - even after accounting for delayed retirement credits - the agency would continue paying the survivor benefit ...

Sen. Tim Kaine applauds unanimous Senate passage of a bipartisan bill to expand job counseling to surviving spouses through ...

In November, Clayton County voters approved new homestead exemptions for local homeowners and those exemptions are now in ...

A July 22 column that ran in this space aired the concerns of retired Marine Gen. Robert Magnus, former assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, ...

NORTHUMBERLAND — The North Shore Railroad Company & Affiliates raised $12,000 from its second annual Veterans Benefit Voyage, which took place in Lewisburg in November. In 2024, NSHR dedicated two of ...

Millions of veterans rely on monthly benefits to help support themselves and their families. As of 2024, around 6.5 million veterans receive tax-free disability compensation from the Department of ...

Those who serve in the military put themselves in harm’s way to protect the country in its time of need, and benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs are in place to return that ...

The Montgomery County Council unanimously adopted the HERO Act, which is designed to ensure that when a career firefighter dies while in the line of duty, his or her surviving spouse will begin ...

On October 29, a disabled Navy veteran and blogger named Theresa Aldrich, who keeps other former service members informed about developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), tuned in to ...

Michigan veterans are being warned about a new postcard scam. Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a warning about the scam Thursday, Dec. 4, after receiving reports of Michigan veterans receiving fake ...

I have been a surviving spouse for 24 years. My husband, a 33-year veteran of the Marine Corps and a naval aviator, died in 2001 from heart disease. He was never a member of MOAA. I became acquainted ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new bill could boost Social Security benefits for widowed and surviving divorced spouses. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Surviving Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act in ...