AARP Alaska

Water Surcharge, Medicaid Expansion, and Long Term Care Savings

MO Rx, Medicaid Expansion, Nursing Home Investigations

Water and Gas Surcharges and Senators Filibuster

Long Term Care Savings and Water Utility Surcharge

Walking for Grownups with AARP Virginia

Career con man Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle takes on the ultimate stakes.

RALEIGH – North Carolina State University senior Josh Smith is thinking beyond just landing a first job when he graduates this spring. He plans to utilize the skills he developed at the University to push for needed policy improvements in order to help older adults live the lives they want to live as they age.

The Stephen J. Gools Award for Social Change was presented to Northpointe Community Church of DeWitt for erasing medical debts for thousands of people. The Andrus Award went to a Grand Blanc couple who stepped in and saved a Flint food distribution house.

There are just two weeks left in the 2020 South Dakota legislative session but our work is not done! Just yesterday, we hosted a live telephone town hall with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to discuss expanding high-speed internet access in South Dakota. To learn more about this issue and listen to a recording of the call, click here.

You've been asked to join a board whose mission appeals to you, and you believe you can be an effective member who will add value and impact. Meeting with the board chair is probably one of the first things you'll want to do, both to find out his or her expectations of your role and to get to know the person one-on-one. Pam Rudisill, Board Chair of NOBC (Nurses on Boards Coalition) is often asked to help new and even seasoned board members "be their best possible selves" when serving on a board, and her recommendations are listed here. As her staff partner Laurie Benson points out, "A lot of very smart people come together to serve on a board, and it can be a tremendous growth experience for everyone."