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DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 10, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act, legislation that...

HARRISBURG— Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might b...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, w...

(TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced legislation that would direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay off all ou...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., Don Davis NC-01, Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., and Jimmy Panetta, R-Calif., introduced the Simplifyi...

SMETHPORT — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is seeking community members willing to advocate for abused and neglected childr...

DEAR RUSTY: I'm 72 years old with 20 years of military service. I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension and state retirement bene...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — The board of directors of the National Fuel Gas Co.y Foundation, the charitable giving arm of National Fuel, announced recently ...

Erie News Now and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania will host the 24th Annual Erie News Now Food Drive on Wednesday at 13 locations t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Advocates for homeless youth are asking Pennsylvania to begin putting state money into a federally funded program that helps K-12 s...

HARRISBURG — Nearly 3,000 additional Pennsylvania seniors will benefit from the Senior Food Box Program under new income guidelines announced by the U...

ERIE — The Erie VA Medical Center announced it has housed 79 veterans experiencing homelessness in Western Pennsylvania this fiscal year. A total of 9...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s work requirement waiver for food stamps now lasts through Aug. 31, 2025. This is despite recent urging from Republican Hou...

WASHINGTON — In honor of National Kinship Care Month, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, launched a n...

DEAR RUSTY: This is a matter that I find particularly irksome. My wife — a retired teacher — was told that, should I predecease her, she is not eligib...

Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc. is celebrating 35 years of service to the Bradford community. Following a catastrophic fire at the former Dresser Memori...

Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should. In July, a National Bureau of Economic ...