Angela Cortez

You’ve w orked hard to save for retirement and you deserve a financial advisor who works just as hard to protect what you’ve earned. Right now, loopholes in the law allow bad-actors in the financial industry to provide retirement savings “advice” based on what’s best for their pocketbook, not yours. The result? They can recommend investments with higher fees, riskier features, and lower returns because they earn more money, even if those investments are not the best choice for you. Bad advice is wrong, and it is costing Americans up to $17 billion per year.

El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement in Colorado exhibit immerses visitors in the urgency, passion and vitality of one of Colorado's most important social movements.

AARP Colorado encourages you to check out Pueblo's Annual 5 de Mayo Festival, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 12-7 p.m. at Bessemer Park, 843 W. Northern Ave. in Pueblo.

Column by Marissa Volpe -

Column by Marissa Volpe

The Colorado Senate passed the Colorado Care Act unanimously April 15. The Act recognizes the critical role of family caregivers in keeping loved ones out of costly institutions.

AARP Colorado and Colorado Public Television are hosting the Denver City Council Debates 2015, a series that will begin April 10 and run every Friday through April 24 on CPT-12 beginning at 7 p.m.

Currently, one-in-six Coloradans are age 60 or older and by 2035 that proportion will have expanded to one-in-four, according to DRCOG. As the second largest county in the state, Denver plans to be prepared for this significant population shift.

Ever wish you knew just a little bit more about your lap-top, e-reader/tablet, or cell phone to get more out of it? How about e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter? Would you like someone to sit down with you and explain what they are and how they work?

Singing for Seniors kicks off another season in Larimer County.