MASSACHUSETTS — The ongoing federal government shutdown is affecting how Massachusetts’s 1.3 million Social Security ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries.

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the month, Oct. 8. Subsequent payments will go out on the third (Oct. 15) ...

As politicians remain locked in a standoff to reopen the government, federal workers in Massachusetts don't know whether they ...

The government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats were unable to come to an agreement on funding. Here's how that ...

The executive director and CEO of La Colaborativa was granted a temporary harassment prevention order against a man who she ...

Social Security payments for October are about to be sent to recipients under the agency's new paperless policy. Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments ...

Gov. Maura Healey says funding for SNAP benefits in Massachusetts is set to run out amid the government shutdown.

The Social Security Administration will announce the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) on Oct. 15, provided the government shutdown has ended. In aggregate, retirees living in the 10 states with ...

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also take on the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced ...