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Congress is considering a several proposals to reform federal retirement system. If passed, how would they impact retirees' spending ability? Find out when Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. September 6, 2017
September 05, 2017 -
The new fiscal year may bring a pay raise and a larger COLA, but it also brings higher premiums. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says keep your radar up
September 05, 2017 -
More than 200,000 U.S. Postal Service employees have just received their first two catch-up cost-of-living adjustments, and will soon receive their third COLA.
August 23, 2017 -
Federal retirees can't run out of money in retirement, but they can lose buying power big-time the longer they stay retired.
August 23, 2017 -
How long should your investments last during your retirement? Find out when financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 23, 2017
August 22, 2017 -
Depending on whose calendar you use, members of Congress have about 44 working days left between Labor Day and the end of 2017.
August 17, 2017 -
Retirees are predicting, or praying for, a minimum 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment next January. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we'll have to wait and see.
August 15, 2017 -
If you're a federal, postal, or military retiree, or you receive Social Security, it looks like you may be getting a modest cost-of-living adjustment starting in your January check.
August 14, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if it's true that all politics is local, D.C. feds may get a major political assist from beyond-the-Beltway feds that could save their retirement plan.
July 25, 2017 -
Federal, military and Social Security retirees may be looking at a January cost-of-living adjustment of 1.6 percent, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
July 20, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says current and future federal retirees would lose thousands of dollars in cost-of-living benefits if Congress goes along with the president’s plan to put them on a zero-COLA plan.
July 14, 2017 -
If you’re a government worker or retiree, odds are you are dreading the day when your grandson or granddaughter asks you about the good old days, when folks had pensions.
July 10, 2017 -
Nine bold House Republicans have challenged the White House plan to cut federal retirement benefits by $149 billion.
June 30, 2017 -
Congress and the White House have a laser-focus on four major parts of the federal civil service retirement program. So which one is going to get the ax?
June 28, 2017 -
About 100 House Democrats wrote to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), voicing their opposition over the president's four major proposed changes to federal retirement. The administration included the proposals in the fiscal 2018 budget proposal and would have a significant impact on both current and future federal employees and retirees.
June 16, 2017