AARP is working with the Small Business Administration to offer free webinars for budding entrepreneurs age 50-plus. The online courses offer advice on how to jump-start a new venture or expand a small business. Participants can learn how to write a business plan, finance start-up costs and build a customer base.
By 2032, about 95,000 Mississippians will be 85 or older—a 67 percent increase in that age group since 2012. Who will care for those people? To answer that question, the state legislature has created an ad hoc committee to study issues related to family caregivers and long-term care services.
Alabamians who want to vote in the 2014 elections will be required by law to show a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license. Previously, Alabama voters could use a form of identification without a photo, such as a Social Security card or utility bill.