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AARP Illinois and other advocates are backing a bill at the Statehouse that would automatically enroll workers who currently lack a retirement plan into a portable employment-based IRA. Lawmakers are expected to vote on the measure in May.

To open doors of opportunity in economically disadvantaged areas, AARP is providing information to help people 40 and older start their own businesses.

• By Holly Fisher

An open letter to AARP Tennessee members and volunteers from Advocacy Director Shelley Courington:

Tallahassee, Fla. – AARP has filed a “friend of the court” brief in a state Supreme Court case challenging a decision by the state Public Service Commission (PSC) approving a contested settlement giving Florida Power & Light (FPL) a $354-million rate increase -- far greater than it even asked for in its petition.

Alan Marx pens the latest installment of AARP Tennessee's new blog series “Outsmart the Scammers:"

Louisiana AARP, teaming up with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will host an “encore entrepreneur” event in New Orleans on April 29, 2013. The event will be held at the AARP Community Resource Center, 3502 South Carrollton, at 5:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to start their own business, how to develop a business strategy, franchising business structures and identifying financial resources.

Approaching retirement and want to learn more about Social Security and Medicare?

The mail, bills, paper, and old electronics cluttering your house may look like trash to you – but for identity thieves, your trash can be a financial gold mine. AARP Georgia recently offered seniors and others an easy and safe way to dispose of their personal documents and electronics, providing on-site document shredding and recycling at Rozar Park in Perry.

By Jean C. Setzfand, Vice President, Financial Security, AARP Education and Outreach