Month: February 2019
Romancing our donors on Valentine’s Day
By Karen Friedman It’s Valentine’s Day, that holiday of romance and love. So on this February 14th, we want to send PRC’s special candy hearts, shoot our arrow of amour – or at least our arrow of great and undying gratefulness – to those wonderful individuals and organizations who supported us so gallantly in 2018. […]
The Pension Rights Center Educates Couples, Divorcees & Widows on How to Get the Retirement Benefits They Deserve
The Scoop: The Pension Rights Center (PRC) is the nation’s foremost consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting retirement security in the U.S. The nonprofit provides free information and legal assistance regarding earned benefits, pensions, and other retirement income. By empowering everyday individuals, couples, families, divorcees, and widows and widowers to learn more about retirement plans, […]
House Committee hearing focuses on retirement security
By Emily Gilbert Wednesday on Capitol Hill, the House Ways and Means Committee held a wide-ranging hearing about retirement security. The chairman of the Committee, Richard Neal (D-MA), opened by saying he hoped this could be the first of “many conversations” about this topic, and he reiterated his commitment to finding a solution to the […]
House Committee to Tackle Retirement Issues in Feb. 6 Hearing
The House Ways and Means Committee under the lead of the new Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) will hear testimony Wednesday morning on “Improving Retirement Security for America’s Workers.” Among those testifying will be Cynthia McDaniel, the wife of a retired Missouri truck driver who suffered a near-fatal heart attack soon after learning that his hard-earned […]
Super Bowl weekend – A time to honor and reward former NFL players
By David Brandolph As the National Football League basks in the glory of Super Bowl weekend, thousands of former players who laid the foundation for the league’s prosperity are fighting for fair pensions. The NFL’s season will conclude this Sunday when either the Los Angeles Rams or New England Patriots lay claim as league champion […]