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The information below was released by AARP on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.

Social Security turns 80 on August 14, 2015 and has fulfilled the promise made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he signed it into law, that it would “protect the average citizen and his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” It has done just that. In Utah alone, Social Security lifts 94,000 Utah retirees from poverty; 42 percent of the state’s population age 65 and older would have incomes below the poverty line without Social Security. [1]

By Kirk Larson

-- The following is a guest blog by Kate Emery, founder and CEO of reSET, The Social Enterprise Trust --

The con artist’s task is to cook up a scheme to separate you from yours. And Chef Charlatan is good at it.

What is the Washington Small Business Retirement Marketplace?

AARP is holding it's next Virtual Career Fair on September 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. This live event offers you a great way to re-charge a job search, meet potential employers, get timely job search advice, and connect with other job seekers.

A motion was filed today by AARP Vermont with the Vermont Public Service Board showing that, once again, Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) has failed to disclose highly material information with the Board in relation to their Addison Natural Gas Project. The evidence concerns lawsuits between their primary pipeline contractor, Over and Under Piping Contractors, Inc. As it turns out, VGS has never had a signed contract with the firm, terminated them last November and the contractor is suing for over $11 million and has placed contractor liens on VGS real property and pipeline equipment. Much of this information was not disclosed to regulators when the company was testifying to the projected costs of the project.

Studies show that Americans aren’t saving enough for the future, and the risk of coming up financially short in retirement is especially real for Hawaii’s women – who tend to live longer, earn less, and spend more time out of the workforce caring for family than their male counterparts.

By Ashley Aitken