Sarah Hollander

AARP will advocate for property tax relief for older residents during the state’s 2025 legislative session. Among the options it wants lawmakers to consider: allowing Hoosiers to defer payments or to pay in smaller installments, versus large lump-sum payments.

In the upcoming legislative session, AARP South Carolina volunteers could help improve issues such as caregiving expenses, high utility costs or the lack of affordable housing.

AARP Indiana and the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority have teamed up on a grant program geared toward improving the quality of life for Hoosiers 50 and older. The program has helped fund new pickleball courts, public park renovations and a paddle sports launch site.

Ohio voters will head to the polls on November 5. Senate candidates U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) and Bernie Moreno (R) discuss issues important to older Ohio residents.

Michigan voters will head to the polls in November to choose a new senator. Candidates Mike Rogers (R) and Elissa Slotkin (D) discuss issues important to older residents.

Missouri is in the last leg of a major push by the government, private companies and nonprofits, including AARP, to extend high-speed internet access to every state resident. Missouri has allocated $261 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funding for broadband efforts. And, last year, the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program awarded the state an additional $1.7 billion — the biggest public investment of its kind in Missouri to date.

AARP Illinois pushed for creation of a retirement savings plan, as well as its latest expansion. Nationwide, AARP has pushed state legislators to support retirement savings programs, and has partnered with organizations on education efforts.

Legislators in Harrisburg are deciding how much to spend on Aging Our Way, PA: A Plan for Lifelong Independence, the state’s first-ever master plan to improve services such as housing, transportation and health care for older adults. AARP's The Bulletin discussed the plan with Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) in February.

AARP Texas is planning events around the state this year to raise awareness about Social Security’s fiscal challenges, mobilize voter support for long-term solutions and urge lawmakers to act.

In 2023, Federal Trade Commission data shows that Illinois consumers reported total losses from fraud of $244.7 million. To help bring those numbers down, AARP Illinois is working with law enforcement agencies, the Better Business Bureau, Area Agencies on Aging, the Illinois attorney general’s office and other organizations. And AARP is ramping up its education efforts with a five-part online fraud prevention series.