This free, fun and casual community outreach program includes games and activities for kids of all ages. It provides residents opportunities to have their opinions heard and encourages them to learn about projects affecting Queen Creek - and, of course, the chance to eat ice cream.

A new prepaid debit card could drastically reduce the number of paper Social Security checks mailed each month, therefore saving trees and putting more crooks out of business, treasury officials say.

“Dear Andre’s Dad: I think it would be sad living in a hotel. I’m sorry that you don’t have a home,” reads a letter, printed in a child’s handwriting, hanging on a bulletin board outside Gwen Struble’s first-grade classroom.

Five nonprofit social service agencies are losing out on a total of $84,500 as the Mesa City Council narrows the range of its $1.4 million human services funding program.

A desire to help people and an ability to digest information and pass it along to others are key ingredients in the expanding field of social work, one local professor said.

After a Tea Party town hall meeting on April 20, Congressman David Schweikert was kind enough to take the time to discuss with me the future of government-controlled health care.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Thursday that delays in making necessary changes in Social Security and Medicare to handle the impending retirement of baby boomers could mean "abrupt and painful" adjustments later on.

The cost of living continues to rise, but government officials say Social Security checks (to more than 58 million Americans) in 2011 will not have a Cost of Living Adjustment.

WASHINGTON - Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday. Social Security will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes in 2016, a year sooner than projected last year, and the giant trust fund will be depleted by 2037, four years sooner, trustees reported.

From leaner food boxes to longer waiting lists, local social service agencies are feeling the pinch. As the economy continues to tank and the cost of everything from groceries to gas keeps rising, more people are asking social service agencies for help.

LAS VEGAS - Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.

Dear Debt Adviser: I may have to retire soon for health reasons. If I default on my unsecured credit card debt, can my Social Security benefits or pension be garnished? — David

As he finishes a Ph.D. in social ecology, Thomas Wicke wastes no time in applying that knowledge. Wicke organized a festival for The Villages of Eastridge, his neighborhood at Crismon and Baseline roads in Mesa, with one goal in mind.

April 28, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) — People retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. It's a historic shift that will only get worse for future retirees, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

I’ve hated Social Security since 1964, when I made $547 that summer as a rookie stock boy in the warehouse of a Pittsburgh restaurant chain.

The teen years are notoriously turbulent, rife with stresses, real and imagined. But at least you get more interesting television than your younger siblings do, as two new cable series demonstrate.

WASHINGTON - The Social Security trust fund is slightly stronger than it was a year ago, but the Medicare program for the elderly is four years closer to insolvency as the baby boomer generation prepares to tap into both programs, their trustees reported Monday.

WASHINGTON - The trust fund for Social Security will be depleted in 2040, a year before expected, and Medicare will exhaust its trust fund reserves just 12 years from now, trustees for the programs said Monday.

The Congress of Neighborhoods and Gilbert’s Neighborhood Services department will host a new resident social 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. July 16 at the Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road.

Phoenix Public Library is expanding its community conversations on social media with the launch of its new Facebook page. The Facebook page joins the library's postings on Twitter and YouTube.

Phoenix Public Library is expanding its community conversations on social media with the launch of its new Facebook page. The Facebook page joins the library's postings on Twitter and YouTube.

Scottsdale social-service officials warn that hundreds of senior citizens and lowincome families who rely on holiday programs may be out of luck this season unless donations pick up.

Scottsdale social-service officials warn that hundreds of senior citizens and lowincome families who rely on holiday programs may be out of luck this season unless donations pick up.