I hope there is nothing in the air that is causing old goats like me to keel over. For some reason, I’ve been getting a lot ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) delivers survivor benefits to nearly 6 million people each year. The payments help ...

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on Jan. 5 of this year. Nationwide, about 3 million public-sector ...

Two Social Security rules can take a big bite out of the benefits of pensioners and their spouses, ex-spouses and survivors.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5., increasing the ability of retired ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision trimmed benefits for public employees who received pensions not covered by Social Security payroll taxes. The Government Pension Offset cut Social Security spousal ...

The bad news is that you'll lose spousal benefits once you're no longer married, but you could be entitled to a different ...

Rep. Henry Cuellar celebrated a 20-year effort as HR 82 becomes law, boosting benefits for teachers, firefighters and other public servants.

The new federal law repeals the two provisions that reduced pension benefits for ... that reduced Social Security payouts for public employees and their spouses or widows.

The GPO, in some instances, reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows and widowers who also receive a pension of their own. Similarly, the WIP reduces Social Security benefits for some ...

New law means police officers, teachers and others with public pensions will now collect their full Social Security benefits.