Kansas lawmakers are considering an overhaul of the rules governing public employees who retire and then come back to work after beginning to draw a pension. The current rules expire ...

Question: Just some food for thought: I am now 66 years old, female, married, and have worked all my life and am still working. I started collecting my own Social Security the month ...

A recent report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute reveals that the median account balance of a 401(k) in the U.S. is $18,433. Have 401(k) plans failed soon-to-be-retired ...

Question: My deceased husband never took retirement and his insured amount is very much higher than mine. I will be 64 shortly and want to know if I file on my own (that being about ...

Question: My brother recently passed away at age 53. His wife had passed away five years earlier. Their youngest child was 11 when she passed away. In looking at all of my brother’s ...

Open Retirement has closely covered the proposed overhaul of the military’s retirement system, including a shift from a defined-benefit plan to a 401(k)-style plan. The State this ...

Question: I will be 66 on Oct. 3 of this year and plan to quit my full-time job on Dec 31. Would I be better off to file for retirement as of Oct. 1 and thus draw both my paycheck ...

It’s hardly surprising that a recent American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) report found that 83 percent of those aged 55 to 64 want to remain in their own home as long ...

Question: I was married for 39 years and my husband died almost four years ago. I’m going to be 67 in February. If I get married again, can I keep receiving my Social Security widow’s ...

In January, a government panel made a series of recommendations for overhauling the U.S. military retirement system. This week, House lawmakers say they will release a defense budget ...