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    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 09, 2025
    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...
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    Get a warrant at the border
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Get a warrant at the border
    Apr 18, 2025
    Last week, U.S. Rep. Ted W. Lieu, D-Calif., along with fellow Democratic Reps.Eleanor Holmes NortonofWashington, D.C., Donald BeyerofVirginiaandAdrian...
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    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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    Social Security Matters: Will benefit increase if I keep working after applying
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Will benefit increase if I keep working after applying
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Apr 11, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks and I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 yea...
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    IRS warns taxpayers about ‘myths’ they should be aware of
    Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
    IRS warns taxpayers about ‘myths’ they should be aware of
    Apr 10, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS)—People have just a few days now to file their taxes. And as the season nearly draws to a close with the deadline approaching, the Int...
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    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...
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    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 21, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as it relates to the sale of investment property...
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    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    Nation & World, News
    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    TOM FONTAINE The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Mar 20, 2025
    (TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...
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    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I hope we haven't made a mistake! My wife just applied for her Social Security benefit. She was born in May 1962, and the estimated amount...
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    Secure Rural Schools program not yet renewed
    Headlines, Local News, News, ...
    Secure Rural Schools program not yet renewed
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 07, 2025
    The clock is ticking on legislation that gives a financial boost to rural schools with federal land in their districts. In December, the U.S. House fa...
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    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am a married woman, at my full retirement age, and the primary earner in my marriage. How do I know if I should take my Social Security ...
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    Feds unfreeze $2.1B in funding for Pennsylvania
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Feds unfreeze $2.1B in funding for Pennsylvania
    CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Feb 25, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Eleven days after Gov. Josh Shapiro sued the White House to unfreeze billions in federal funding for Pennsylvania, the money is flowing a...
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    Social Security Matters: Claiming benefits with a health savings account
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Claiming benefits with a health savings account
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 15, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I have reached my full retirement age (66 plus 8 months) and plan to apply for Social Security this month, but I’ve seen articles that say...
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    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Why were the Social Security funds moved from the Social Security account to the General Fund with the government? Is it not then called a...
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    Pa. Senate approves bills to fight fraud, abuse in public assistance
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pa. Senate approves bills to fight fraud, abuse in public assistance
    Jan 30, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Three bills to stop waste, fraud, and abuse in Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medical Assistance program we...
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    Social Security Matters: When to claim and taxation of benefits
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: When to claim and taxation of benefits
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Jan 17, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am 65 and currently working full time. Can I apply for and start receiving my Social Security benefit? I'd expect to have to pay income ...
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    Social Security Matters: Can I get back Medicare taxes paid?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can I get back Medicare taxes paid?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Jan 03, 2025
    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...
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    Social Security Matters: Can wife claim now and get half my benefit later?
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: Can wife claim now and get half my benefit later?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Dec 27, 2024
    DEAR RUSTY: My wife will reach her full Social Security benefit at 66.5 years of age which is just under 2 years away for her now. If she were to begi...
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    Pa.’s new law ‘SLAPPs’ back at frivolous suits over free speech
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa.’s new law ‘SLAPPs’ back at frivolous suits over free speech
    MICHAEL BERRY 
    Dec 19, 2024
    We are blessed to live in a country with strong First Amendment freedoms. Thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted this summer, the people of Pennsylv...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Local Sports
    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
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