AARP Chief Executive Officer Myechia Minter-Jordan released the statement below in response to today’s announcement of a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), or an average of $56 per month, for Social Security. Today more than 70 million Americans receive their earned Social Security, and for 40 percent of older Americans, Social Security is their primary source of income.
Voter access, voter identification and ballot issues continue to make headlines in Idaho. As such, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane will join AARP Idaho for a statewide telephone town hall on October 28 at 11:00am MT to discuss these issues as well as other topics important to older Idahoans.
AARP released the latest research in our She’s the Difference series that explores the priorities and concerns of women age 50 and over. AARP partnered with public opinion experts from both sides of the aisle – Celinda Lake, Christine Matthews, Margie Omero, and Kristen Soltis Anderson – to look at the opinions of this key voting bloc that casts 30% of the vote during the last two election cycles.
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