I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is "consistently" under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the ...

The CalFresh program is preparing to issue a new round of SNAP payments for March. Here are the dates and amounts.

An elderly woman approaching 85 years of age said she is now going to be forced to find a new job after the state overpaid her roughly $9,000 in food stamps, and will now be offsetting her Social ...

Social Security survivor rules are complex, with many variables at play. Ex-spouses married for 10 years qualify for benefits without reducing payments to other family members. Children can receive up ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly $1 billion of COVID-19-era unemployment benefits is sitting unused and ripe for fraud, the Labor Department’s official watchdog has warned. The department’s Office of Inspector ...

Blockchain technology is an effective medium for administering social benefit programs, but key compliance challenges remain, according to Julie Myers Wood, CEO of compliance and monitoring consulting ...

Tobi is a crypto writer at Investopedia. He aims to simplify the complex concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrencies for the masses. Annette Riedl / Getty Images U.S. citizens can generally receive ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Oregon lawmakers are currently wrestling in Salem with federal cuts for health care and food ...

A newly introduced bill would prevent some public sector retirees from being hit with a tax bill after they were made eligible for Social Security benefits last year. The bipartisan bill, known as the ...

(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a weird few months in terms of when Social Security benefits are paid out, and February and March will only continue the trend. You will still receive your benefits for both ...

There's a campaign to end taxes on Social Security benefits at the federal and state levels. A new temporary federal senior deduction of up to $6,000 per individual aims to curb the amount of taxes ...