For 31 years, many of Washington’s low-income, long-term care recipients were allowed to keep only $70 of their monthly income to pay for their personal needs—from haircuts to clothes to hygiene products. The rest went to help pay for their nursing home or other care.
For Marlene Batterberry of West Fargo, her monthly Social Security check is an important piece of her retirement income. Batterberry, an 86-year-old retired nurse, considers herself fortunate to also have a pension from her working years and her late husband’s retirement benefits to count on.
Jessica Linzer Simpson, 72, of Cape Elizabeth, spent her career helping people access their Social Security benefits, first as a claims representative and later as an adjudicator handling complex cases and training new employees.
Delaware will hold its state primary on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, U.S. House and Senate, and state and local offices.
Troy Grimes always wanted to write fiction, but his 12-hour workdays as a corrections supervisor in Louisiana prisons got in the way of his literary aspirations.