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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
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    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?
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    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?
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    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?
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    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
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    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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    OGH awarded for efforts to improve rural heart attack care
    Business, Local News
    OGH awarded for efforts to improve rural heart attack care
    July 30, 2025
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Olean General Hospital (OGH), a Kaleida Health facility, has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Corona...
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    Police charge man with vandalizing Pa. lawmaker’s office over the weekend
    PA State News
    Police charge man with vandalizing Pa. lawmaker’s office over the weekend
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — Police in western Pennsylvania have charged a man with vandalizing a Republican congressman’s office over the weekend. Hermitage City Police C...
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    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    By ELIZABETH HICKS RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 30, 2025
    If you have scrolled through Instagram or TikTok lately, you have probably seen slick telehealth ads promising doctor-prescribed weight-loss shots, su...
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    Driver crashes into Harrisburg house, jams in her car till police arrive
    PA State News
    Driver crashes into Harrisburg house, jams in her car till police arrive
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — A Harrisburg homeowner was in the lower level of her Harrisburg house Tuesday when she heard a loud noise outside. She raced to her front door...
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    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 30, 2025
    It’s now the summer of our discontent here in Pennsylvania, as the GOP’s 2022 gubernatorial nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, continues to make nois...
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    Shapiro, McCormick to attend second AI summit in September
    Business, PA State News
    Shapiro, McCormick to attend second AI summit in September
    By J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    July 30, 2025
    (TNS) — A second artificial intelligence summit is coming to Pittsburgh in September, highlighting the city and Pennsylvania as the “physical AI capit...
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