Guest AuthorJune 19, 2023
3min0
Seniors, people with disabilities, and AARP are fed up with the SSA’s poor service.
Tag: Social Security Administration
Guest AuthorJune 19, 2023
Ryan NicolApril 10, 2019
4min608
The proposal is likely to meet stiff opposition from Republicans.
Scott PowersMarch 21, 2017
2min381
Democratic U.S. Reps. Al Lawson and Darren Soto sent a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday morning urging him to exempt the Social Security Administration from the federal hiring freeze. “On the campaign trail, you promised to not cut Social Security—particularly the benefits for our seniors. However, a hiring freeze does indirectly cut those benefits, […]
Associated PressFebruary 15, 2017
6min230
The Republican-led Senate is moving to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. The Obama administration had sought to strengthen the federal background check system with a rule requiring the Social Security Administration to send in the names of beneficiaries with […]
Ryan RayOctober 15, 2015
4min335
Thursday’s announcement from the Social Security Administration that beneficiaries will receive no cost-of-living increase to their monthly payments in 2016 has added new urgency for reforms to the way benefits for seniors are remitted, says U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. In a conference call with reporters, Grayson called for an increase in benefits to account for the decreasing […]
Staff ReportsOctober 12, 2015
2min233
The interim chief of Social Security will meet with Sarasota residents Thursday during a town hall meeting set up by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan. “I wanted seniors in our region to have a chance to meet the person who runs one of the most important federal programs in the nation,” Buchanan, a Longboat Key Republican, […]
Guest AuthorAugust 16, 20154min266
In North Florida, we know the value of hard work. I’ve seen it on my work days: from my first one with a young entrepreneur, to a recent day working alongside oystermen with sore backs and blistered hands. We work all our lives to make money, feed our families and accomplish something – and we’re […]