With its stunning landscapes and numerous tax benefits, Maine has become a top destination for retirees seeking a high quality of life.

How Are Social Security Benefits Taxed? A Comprehensive Guide
Learn how to minimize the taxes you pay on your Social Security benefits. This article explores strategies for reducing provisional income, including timing income events, and the impact of Roth IRA conversions.

“What Should I Do Now?”: Financial Planning for Widows
An expert provides five essential steps for newly widowed individuals to ensure security and avoid costly mistakes.

Retirement Daily Roundtable: Financial Literacy Crisis Solutions
Robert Powell hosts TIAA and AFSA leaders to discuss alarming gaps in financial knowledge and practical steps for improvement.

Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Target of Trump Executive Action
But will potential pharmaceutical tariffs nullify lower prescription costs? Plus Biden knocks DOGE Social Security job cuts.

Social Security, Inflation, Medicare Spark Retirement Confidence Concerns
Annual retirement survey reveals confidence levels of older Americans and pre-retirees in the workforce.

At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead
In recent weeks, the Social Security Administration has been plagued by technology errors, staff cuts and even marking living people as dead, according to KFF Health News.

Protecting Social Security: The Case Against Extending the Full Retirement Age
This paper argues that extending Social Security’s FRA would be both unnecessary and unfair. Here’s why.

Social Security Blames ‘DEI’ & ‘Gender Ideology’ for Long Wait Times
Social Security wait times to talk with a staffer by phone, email or in person have increased as the Trump administration, DOGE cut staffing, MSNBC reports.

Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
A Biden administration policy capped the overpayment of Social Security clawbacks at 10%. Then the Trump administration came down hard with its overpayment demands on beneficiaries. Now there’s a quietly introduced change.

