Tag: Government pensions and social security
California pension fund agrees to $2.7 billion lawsuit deal
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes...
California pension fund agrees to $2.7 billion lawsuit deal
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes...
In times of crises, Lebanon’s old must fend for themselves
BEIRUT — Tiny and bowed by age, Marie Orfali makes the trip five times a week from her Beirut apartment to the local church,...
In times of crises, Lebanon’s old must fend for themselves
BEIRUT — Tiny and bowed by age, Marie Orfali makes the trip five times a week from her Beirut apartment to the local church,...
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest
MEXICO CITY — The coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in...
US fights ruling to extend SSI benefits to Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The federal government filed a brief late Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing Congress has the authority to...
German panel suggests pension age of 68, politicians say no
BERLIN — An expert panel advising the German government has suggested the country's retirement age could be raised to 68, an idea that was...
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — He scurries through his apartment, downing a quick mug of coffee, brushing his teeth, feeding his pet rabbit, Auggie, before...
AP-NORC poll: Government should help Americans age at home
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not...
Kentucky judge orders purge of suits from disgraced attorney
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has ordered court officials to purge hundreds of lawsuits filed against clients by a disgraced disability attorney who...
