A bill in Congress, titled the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act, would eliminate federal taxation of Social Security benefits. Specifically, the bill would change IRS code to no ...

Last week, OpenRetirement covered the story of Milwaukee County pensioners who were facing benefit reductions because they had previously taken government advice that led to pension ...

Here’s a discussion between Michael Finke and David Littell that dives into an interesting question: Can having too much money become a burden during retirement? Michael Finke is ...

Retirees are telling Nebraska lawmakers that the state’s tax burden is too high, and additional tax cuts may be necessary to keep seniors from fleeing the state during retirement. One ...

The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission has spent the last two years drawing up policy proposals to decrease the cost of military benefits, including retirement ...

When talking pensions on the campaign trail early in 2014, Bruce Rauner said that new hires, current workers and retirees all would need to be on the receiving end of pension benefit ...

You’ve heard of payday advances. But pension advances? Believe it or not, businesses are popping up that allow retirees to do just that: “sell” a portion (or all) of their future ...

Two U.S. Representatives – Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) and Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) – have introduced legislation that would set up a bipartisan commission to seek legislative fixes ...

Here’s a thoughtful interview with Nicole Woo, Director of Domestic Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The topic of discussion is the elimination of the Social ...

For years, a Milwaukee businessman was recieving Social Security disability benefits because he was blind and couldn’t work. But not everything is as it seems — and hidden ...