Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced on Tuesday the creation of a 23-person panel that will act as a pension funding “task force”. The panel will study the state’s Teachers’ ...

Question: I currently receive benefits under the civil service program with the federal government and don’t have enough paid into Social Security. My husband retired on disability ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week approved a measure that will increase pension contributions for both employees and the state, in an effort to improve the funding of the state’s ...

Question: I am 63 and get my own Social Security every month. I am still married but separated and planning to divorce soon. My first marriage ended in divorce after 20 years. When ...

Pennsylvania’s pension underfunding stems from a series of policy decisions – a mix of contribution holidays and benefit increases – made in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Pennsylvania’s ...

Question: I will be 63 in October, and my wife turned 63 in May. She quit work in 2012, while I plan to retire in January when we are both going to start taking our Social Security ...

The Pentagon for months has held off on taking an official position on the proposed military retirement overhaul, which would change the structure of benefit payouts and introduce ...

Question: I will be 60 at the end of September and understand that I will be eligible for survivor benefits at that time. My husband of 22 years, who is in home hospice and not expected ...

In a hasty process on Wednesday, the New York City Council rushed to pass a series of changes to the disability pension benefits awarded to relatively new city policeman. From the ...

Question: I started collecting Social Security at age 65. I was born in 1944. My wife has never worked and is 60 years old. I earn $2,170 per month. If my wife starts taking spousal ...