Guest Column: Bipartisan efforts in Washington reaping results for Arizona

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Guest Column: Bipartisan efforts in Washington reaping results for Arizona

That noise. It keeps getting louder and louder.

With order restored to budget process, sides can deal

Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget.

Make defined-benefit, portable pension mandatory

To the let's-cut-entitlements crowd, what's wrong with America is that seniors are living too high off the hog. With the cost of medical care still rising (though not as fast as it used to), the government is shelling out many more dollars per geezer (DPG) than it is per youngster (DPY). The…

Put a skilled leader in charge of Social Security

The press and public have understandably focused in recent weeks on high-profile appointments such as the secretaries of state, defense and treasury as President Obama builds his second-term team.

Grijalva opposes any cutbacks in entitlements

Rep. Raúl Grijalva pointed to new research about the impacts of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in Arizona to say the programs shouldn't be on the table in debates about deficit reduction and the debt ceiling.

'Fiscal cliff' needn't be a disaster, experts say

WASHINGTON - It's the scenario that's been spooking employers and investors and slowing the U.S. economy:

In CD2, Barber, McSally clash on federal role in education

At the University of Arizona, Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Martha McSally square off in a debate in their campaign for a seat in Congress representing District 2. Education was a hot topic in Tuesday's debate.

In CD2, Barber, McSally clash on federal role in education

Ron Barber said it was "hard to keep up" with what he called his opponent's frequent position changes. Martha McSally alleged "distorting positions, taking them out of context and mudslinging and scare tactics."

In CD2, Barber, McSally clash on federal role in education

The contenders for Congressional District 2 wrangled about the federal government's role in education during a debate Tuesday in Tucson.

Social Security recipients to get 1.7% cost-of-living hike

WASHINGTON — More than 56 million Americans on Social Security will get raises averaging $19 a month come January, one of the smallest hikes since automatic adjustments for inflation were adopted in 1975, the government announced Tuesday.

Congress District 1 candidates talk Social Security

The Star ran an article this week giving candidates for U.S. Congress in Districts 2 and 3 a chance to talk about their views on Social Security, following comments made by Reps. Ron Barber and Raúl Grijalva on the 77th anniversary of the government program.

Barber, Grijalva pledge to protect Social Security

Tucson U.S. Reps. Ron Barber and Raúl Grijalva promised a gathering of Arizona retirees on Tuesday they will protect Social Security.

Univ. of Arizona mistake exposes personal information online

Thousands who received payments from the University of Arizona last school year are at risk of identity theft after their personal data was mistakenly put online for more than a month during an upgrade of UA’s financial systems.

Watch for ATM fees in using Social Security benefit cards

The paper Social Security check will go the way of the Pink Princess rotary-dial phone, the typewriter and yes, sadly, Elvis in roughly seven months. Nearly 6 million people throughout the country still need to decide how they're going to get their money.

Tales from the Morgue: Old-age pension plan, conclusion

The final two installments about the new "old-age pension plan" dealt less with what retired people would receive and more with where that money would come from and how it would be managed.

Tales from the Morgue: Old-age pension plan, part 3

The question and answer series on Social Security that ran in the Arizona Daily Star at the beginning of 1940, continued with examples stating what men would receive as a monthly benefit when they retired.

Tales from the Morgue: Old age pension plan, part 2

The new "old-age pensions" were confusing enough that the Arizona Daily Star saw fit to run questions and answers for eight days. The pensions were first paid in January, 1940.

Political notebook: Camels, tweets add lighter side to CD8 candidates' debate

Who knew camels would be the hot topic after Wednesday's Congressional District 8 debate?

Tales from the Morgue: Controversial old age pension plan

It was controversial then and it's controversial now. It's standard practice these days to ask those running for public office what they would do to "fix" Social Security.