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Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits: A Guide

Social Security benefits are a critical source of financial assistance for millions of Americans in retirement. The Social Security Administration uses a formula based on your lifetime earnings to determine your benefit amou...

Social Security COLA Increase: What Beneficiaries Need to Know to Avoid Scams

Starting in January, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 2.5% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase to help offset inflation, automatically applied t...

SNAP and WIC Funding at Risk: States Warn Payments May Stop in November if Government Shutdown Continues

Millions of Americans may lose their SNAP food benefits in November 2025 if the federal government shutdown doesn’t end soon. States like Pennsylvania, New Jersey...

Social Security Payments Won’t Stop After Nov. 1: Here’s the Latest Update for Retirees

As the government shutdown stretches on and programs like SNAP, LIHEAP, Head Start, and ACA Programs face possible disruptions, many Americans are asking another urgent question: What ...

Breaking Down VA Benefits Chapters: Your Complete Guide to GI Bill & More

If you’re a veteran, service member, or dependent, the VA offers different education benefit chapters. Here’s the breakdown so you can see which one fits you:   Chapter 30 &ndash...

Government Shutdown 2025: How It Affects the Military, Air Travel, Health Services, and Nutrition Programs

The U.S. government shutdown that began October 1, 2025, is rippling across essential services, sparking concerns for millions of Americans who depend on them. While ...

Dayton Receives Five Covid-19 Response Grants

When the Coronavirus first arose on the scene, COVID-19 was ignored so that western media in totality could cover the impeachment proceedings involving President Donald Trump. By the time western media was ready to cover COVID-1...

Facebook Awards $40 Million in Small Business Grants

Covid-19 has been a thorn in the side of a functioning economy for months now. It has driven America into a recession, and most experts agree that the government's $2.2 trillion stimulus plan is not anywhere near en...

MLB Hands Out Rounds of Grants

Major League Baseball (MLB) has been considered America's pastime for well over a hundred years. At this point in American life for over a century, the start of May, the league is just getting into full swing, about 30 games into a seaso...