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AARP ‘Take a Stand’ campaign hits the ground in Florida

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It’s a promise that’s been kept for generations. You pay into Social Security, you get the benefits you earned. But to keep that promise for future generations, Social Security needs to be updated for the 21st century. If our leaders don’t act, future retirees could lose up to $10,000 a year. In late 2015, AARP launched Take a Stand, a national accountability campaign to push candidates for Federal office to take a stand on how they would update Social Security…

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AARP survey finds crossing the Bay regularly may be good for the soul

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For people approaching retirement age, driving across the Bay may make them more likely to make new friends. According to a survey released by the American Association of Retired Persons, Tampa Bay residents aged 50-64 were more likely to report it’s easy to make new friends if they regularly commuted outside of their communities. More than half of respondents, 53 percent, who crossed the Bay daily or weekly agreed that it was it was easy to make friends and meet…

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“Xtreme Ethel” highlights St. Petersburg’s long history with AARP

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Last month’s SHINE mural festival has been all the talk of St. Petersburg residents and visitors, but if you don’t think AARP when you think of the city’s burgeoning mural scene, you don’t know … Ethel. Among the many new spray-painted artworks gracing the city’s walls, one in particular is my favorite. On the 8th Street side of the Morean Arts Center, local star muralist Derek Donnelly has painted “Keep on Cruisin’ (Xtreme Ethel)” on the wall of the elevated…

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Kathy Castor latest Democrat to slam Jeb Bush on Medicare comment

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The issue of Medicare made its first big entrance in the 2015-2016 presidential campaign last week when Jeb Bush said at a Koch brothers event in New Hampshire that Congress should phase out the program. “We need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits,” he said, “that are receiving the benefits. But we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system…

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AARP Florida calls to overturn FPL approval for natural gas speculation in Oklahoma

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AARP is asking the state Supreme Court to stop Florida Power & Light Inc. from investing in speculative natural gas production in Oklahoma, and to direct the state Public Service Commission to reconsider its approval for the plan. “For the first time, Florida utility regulators have required our state’s consumers to pay millions, in advance, for an electric utility company to join in a natural-gas exploration project in Oklahoma that may never return the anticipated benefit to Florida utility ratepayers,” said Jeff…

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Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

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“We take that very seriously,” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s resources. The Florida Department of Taking Things Seriously is great with the flashy gesture. We saw that Tuesday when they bathed the Old Capitol in…

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Cool new web tool from AARP allows users to see how their neighborhood stacks up to others

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Two Florida cities were recognized in a new tool released this week called the Livability Index. Jacksonville and Tallahassee were identified as strong “livable communities based on a series of metrics. It’s a web-based tool developed by AARP to measure overall community livability. The tool scores things like housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, community engagement and opportunity. Both Jacksonville and Tallahassee scored well on the index’s social engagement category earning a 70 and 80 respectively. As a state, Florida only…

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