Advocacy

Does an ambulance need to show up if you dial 9-1-1? An AARP Wyoming webinar, slated for 1 p.m. on Jan. 22 will seek to answer that question and look at what the state can do to shore up its Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Remarks by Tim Morstad of AARP Texas on the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission meeting involving the Public Utility Commission and the Jan. 12 Open Meeting of the PUC.

The financial and emotional strain of unpaid family caregiving is pressing down hard on many Vermont residents, according to new research released today by AARP Vermont. The study finds that Vermont family caregivers often struggle to provide timely quality care to their loved ones without sacrificing their own health and financial security. The research also shows strong support for a paid family and medical leave program across political parties and income levels in Vermont.

And they’re off!

Following today’s announcement by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of his appointment of Kenneth “Kenny” Scudder of Odessa to the newly formed Governor’s Broadband Development Council, AARP Texas Director Tina Tran offered the following remarks:

Public Hearing in February Offers Ratepayers Opportunity to Provide Testimony

Urges Governor Murphy to Swiftly Enact S3495/A4049 to Expand Timely Access to Home and Community-Based Services

AARP Virginia advocates will fight for a prescription drug affordability board, ask lawmakers to give family caregivers a tax break and work to improve the quality of care for nursing home residents when legislators come to town on Wednesday.

They’re back! Texas lawmakers have returned to Austin for the start of a 140-day legislative session in which they’ll craft a new two-year state spending plan, deliberate over hundreds of bills, and work through a long list of issues on behalf of the state’s 28 million residents.

The 2024 Legislative Session kicks off on Feb. 12 and one of the priority issues for lawmakers is once again property tax relief. On Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. AARP Wyoming will host a webinar in which the two chairmen of the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee discuss proposals that will be debated during the 2024 session.