As part of the Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, AARP Alabama is pressing for state legislation to strengthen penalties for elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
Unless Congress intervenes at midnight tonight, the law known as ‘ sequestration’ will become a reality, leading to $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts to military and domestic programs. But what exactly is the sequester? What does it mean for you, and for Massachusetts?