One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to life roughly four decades ago (and subsequently ...

Q: I read your recent column explaining the offset I will suffer because I get a small teacher’s pension that will prevent me from getting full benefits on my husband’s Social Security record. My ...

The Railroad Retirement System was set up in 1934, one year before Social Security came into being. But once Social Security became law, the two programs developed a special relationship that still ...

WASHINGTON - White House officials and members of Congress looking for a way to invest some Social Security money in the stock market might check out a little-known federal retirement program that ...

That brings us to the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—a Social Security provision that reduced (or in some cases, wiped out ...

I am addressing this to all railroad workers, retirees, widows, widowers and dependents who are covered under the Railroad Retirement Act. In 2001, on the floor of the House of Representatives, then ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., called on members of the Senate on Wednesday to quickly pass his bill to improve retirement benefits for more than 10,000 railroad employees in Montana, ...

WASHINGTON — A $15 billion railroad retirement fund would be invested in stocks and bonds for the first time under legislation passed Wednesday by the Senate. Critics said the measure will increase ...