An estimated 72.5 million Social Security recipients will benefit from a 2.5 percent increase in their payments this year thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

Most seniors say this year's Social Security increase isn't enough — in fact, almost all of them say so. As 2025 begins, Social Security checks are getting a 2.5% boost, called the cost-of-living ...

Most seniors say this year's Social Security increase isn't enough — in fact, almost all of them say so. As 2025 begins, Social Security checks are getting a 2.5% boost, called the cost-of ...

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Seniors will get a 2.5% Social Security COLA next year, boosting the average benefit to $1,976 per month. The government calculates COLAs based on third-quarter inflation data that doesn't look at ...

The average Social Security payment will rise by more than $50 per month starting in January, thanks to the federal ...

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Congress gave over 100,000 public-sector workers in Hawaii an early Christmas gift by repealing provisions in federal law that reduced Social Security benefits for people who also receive a pension.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A new bill on its way to President Biden’s desk will boost the Social Security benefits for thousands of retired cops, firefighters, teachers and public servants in Texas.

Kathleen Yerbich was a newly-hired teacher sitting in a seminar with dozens of other teachers and school staff one day in the mid-2010s, going over the arcana of retirement benefits — here’s ...