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A Widening Gap in Cities
This report examines pension and retiree health care funding in 61 cities—the most populous one in each state plus all others with populations over 500,000—and looks at options for reform. more
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Seniors Seek State Help to Weather Recession
As low-income seniors cope with the recession, more are seeking help with transportation, home-delivered meals, health care and other services for the elderly. States warn that shrinking revenues will force program cuts early next year unless Congress provides more funding.more -
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States Move to Regulate Senior Guardians
As the U.S. population ages and families scatter across the country, the frail elderly increasingly end up relying on court-appointed guardians when they can no longer take care of their personal affairs. California just joined six other states in watching over these professionals charged with protecting society's most vulnerable adults.more -
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Promises with a Price
Pew's first 50-state analysis of the long-term costs of public sector retirement benefits found that most states had saved enough to cover about 85 percent of their long-term pension costs, but only three percent of the funds needed for promised retiree health care and other non-pension benefits.
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States turn to seniors for help in classrooms
As baby boomers reach retirement age and begin to leave the ranks of public school teachers in droves, states are recruiting retirees from other professions to volunteer or start second careers as teachers.more -
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States, SEC Work to Protect Elderly Investors
To prepare for the coming retirement boom, state and federal securities regulators are joining forces to protect elderly investors from predatory sales tactics and investment fraud. The new joint effort will focus on firms offering "free lunch" seminars and investor education programs. more
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States Urged to Curb Senior Tax Breaks
As baby boomers retire over the next two decades, the cost of income tax breaks for senior citizens -- offered in at least 40 states -- could double as a share of the budget in many capitals, a new study predicts. The mounting bill for senior tax preferences could spur states to reconsider granting tax breaks based on age. more
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The American Dream Collides with a European Competitor
People may question the wisdom of President Bush's drive to privatize part of Social Security. But there's no question it fits the U.S. psyche to a "t" - our perennial American Dream of every individual's right to chart a path to personal wealth.more -
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Southern States Brace for Effects of Aging Population
Southern governors, whose states hold the largest percentage of elderly in the nation, are looking to New York for ways to prepare for a graying population. more
