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JAN 22, 2026
Looking for a fun way to connect with others, learn something new and enjoy a little friendly competition... all from the comfort of home? You are cordially invited to play virtual bingo!
JAN 1, 2026
AARP is urging state lawmakers to expand Michigan’s Homestead Property Tax Credit. The credit, which was claimed by 27 percent of all Michigan households in 2023, provides a state-tax refund for qualifying homeowners based on factors such as household income and a home’s taxable value. Renters can claim the credit, too, on the assumption that a portion of property tax is passed on to them in rent.
DEC 29, 2025
Looking for a cozy way to spend an afternoon, connect with your neighbors and learn something new?
NOV 21, 2025
Join us for Luminous Life, an interactive event designed to celebrate and uplift African American women. This event will feature inspiring speakers on caring for your crown, maximizing your health, and building your wealth. You will leave feeling inspired and empowered with information and resources to live a luminous life.
AARP will testify in the House Energy and Technology Committee today in opposition to House Bill 5184, which deregulates the retail energy markets in Michigan.
From Gongwer News Service
AARP and the U.S. Small Business Administration will team up again this year to improve the chances for success of “encore entrepreneurs” – people 50 and older who are starting a business – at free workshops in Jackson, Traverse City, Grand Rapids and Lansing during April.
From Detroit Free Press
The Michigan House voted to pass a bill on Tuesday that would allow phone companies to eliminate landline telephone service with only 90 days' notice starting in 2017.
The best story I ever heard about Michigan State University Extension was about its very beginning, a hundred years ago, when Extension agents travelled the countryside getting farmers to adopt electricity. Who knew that’d be a tough sell? Farmers back then did, of course, but imagine how their lives, their descendants’ lives, our dinner plates and our country have since been transformed by that simple adoption.
From Gonger News Service Community Health Director James Haveman told a House subcommittee on Wednesday that he hoped to be able to announce by mid-March when individuals could apply for Medicaid coverage under expanded eligibility requirements enacted by the Legislature in 2013.
AARP Michigan advocates on policy issues that matter the most to Michigan residents age 50 and over and their families.
WASHINGTON, DC—AARP Executive Vice President Nancy A. LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to reports that the Social Security benefit cut called Chained CPI would not be in President Obama’s FY2015 budget proposal:
Amy Goyer, AARP caregiving expert, will share the five steps you can take to create a caregiving plan on the AARP Live! TV show on Thursday Feb. 20.
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