Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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Missouri gas customers who broke a winter payment plan can get service restored by paying half the balance or $500, whichever is less, under the Cold Weather Rule
Missouri gas customers who broke a winter payment plan can get service restored by paying half the balance or $500, whichever is less, under the Cold Weather Rule. The Missouri Public Service Commission says the rule runs November 1 through March 31, and that a gas customer who breaks a payment agreement pays an initial…
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Loudoun County homeowners 65 and older or disabled must file first-time tax relief applications by December 31, with full relief up to $87,000 income and $498,000 net worth
Loudoun County, Virginia, is taking first-time applications for its older-adult and disability real estate tax relief through December 31, 2026. Homeowners who are 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, receive a full 100 percent exemption on the home when household income is $87,000 or less and net worth is $498,000 or less, according…
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The Trump administration proposes that Obamacare enrollees prove income, family size and residence before premium tax credits are paid, starting with 2028 coverage
Federal health officials want Obamacare shoppers to prove their income, family size and home address before a single premium tax credit is paid on their behalf. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the idea on October 23, 2026, as a proposed rule numbered CMS-9873-P. It is a proposal only, not a rule in…
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Social Security beneficiaries still paid by paper check must switch to electronic payments and can sign up online, at a bank or through Treasury’s 1-800-333-1795 line
Social Security beneficiaries who still get a paper check must switch to an electronic payment, and the agency’s direct deposit page lists the ways to do it. They can sign up online through a personal my Social Security account, in person at a bank or other financial institution, or by phone through Treasury’s Electronic Payment…
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SSI recipients who sign Social Security’s Equifax wage-sharing consent stop reporting monthly pay from participating employers, but revoking it ends their penalty protection
People on Supplemental Security Income who work can sign one form and hand the monthly pay reporting to a credit bureau. Social Security’s page on the Payroll Information Exchange, known as PIE, says the agency currently uses Equifax to collect wage and employment data from employers that take part. The signature is voluntary, and the…
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SNAP’s work time limit now exempts American Indians but no longer exempts homeless adults, veterans or former foster youth, under USDA’s memo on the 2025 law
Homeless adults, veterans and young people who aged out of foster care no longer have an automatic exemption from SNAP’s work time limit, while American Indians now do. That is the line the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service draws in its Oct. 3, 2025 implementation memo on the 2025 federal budget law,…
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Former owners of tax-foreclosed land in Oregon’s Baker, Columbia, Jackson and Marion counties can claim a share of $4.9 million by November 30
Oregon is paying out a $4,919,409.99 pool to people who lost land to tax foreclosure in four counties, and the claim window is open until Monday, November 30, 2026. The four counties are Baker, Columbia, Jackson and Marion. Former owners, and the heirs and successors of former owners, can file online or by mail postmarked…
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku victims on Saipan, Tinian, Rota and the Northern Islands have until November 2 to file and pay federal taxes, including payroll returns due October 31
Taxpayers hit by Super Typhoon Sinlaku in the Northern Mariana Islands have until Monday, November 2, 2026, to file and pay a range of federal taxes. That is one week from today. The IRS says the relief covers the islands of Saipan, Tinian, Rota and the Northern Islands, and it reaches payroll returns that were…
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Virginia households have until November 13 to apply for state fuel assistance this winter, and crisis help for broken heating equipment opens November 1
Virginia households have until Friday, November 13 to apply for the state’s fuel assistance this winter, and crisis help for broken heating equipment opens November 1. The Virginia Department of Social Services sets the fuel assistance window from the second Tuesday in October through the second Friday in November, which in 2026 runs October 13…
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Iowa Health and Wellness Plan members face Medicaid work rules starting December 1, a month before the federal date, and anyone applying from then on must meet them
Iowa will start holding certain Iowa Health and Wellness Plan members to monthly work and activity requirements on Dec. 1, 2026, a month before the Jan. 1, 2027 deadline set for states in the federal rule. Anyone who applies for the plan on or after Dec. 1 must meet the requirements to be eligible, according…