One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to life roughly four decades ago (and subsequently ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates WEP and GPO rules, increasing benefits for some retirees. Here's who qualifies ...

Social Security is not the same program it was even a few years ago. A handful of big policy shifts, administrative crackdowns, and new laws have changed how benefits are calculated, who gets more (or ...

Millions of public workers received a notice this year and saw something unexpected. The Social Security Administration (SSA) informed them that their Social Security checks were going up and a ...

House leaders have stripped a bipartisan provision aimed at protecting civilian Defense Department workers’ collective bargaining rights after Senate Republicans balked at the prospect of clashing ...

Testimony of Brendan Duke, Senior Director for Federal Budget Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited ...

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal part of a new law that gives senators the ability to sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed ...

Florida's population is growing much faster than the national average, with its over-65 demographic expected to increase twice as quickly. Florida ranks third in the nation for new Social Security ...

House unanimously approved repealing language inserted into the funding bill. Senate Republicans rejected on Thursday a Democratic attempt to pass the bill that the House approved unanimously to ...

The House of Representatives unanimously voted against a provision that allows Republican senators whose phone records were seized by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue the federal government.

November 2, 2025 (San Diego) - During this year’s Retired Teachers Week, we proudly look back to January when the California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) achieved our biggest legislative ...