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AARP Oregon has opened up nominations for its prestigious award for volunteerism. For the Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization will select a person or couple age 50 or older who performs services without pay in their communities. Michael Schultz, state volunteer president of AARP Oregon, noted that Oregonians do a lot of volunteering. ...

Gov. Mark Gordon will address Wyomingites this week to detail new avenues for property tax relief. Following the pandemic, property values in Wyoming increased and so did property taxes, which jumped nearly 50% between 2019 and 2023, according to the Wyoming Department of Revenue. ...

Crossing guards see a lot of kids who could use some new duds. But for the second year, the "Seats and Feets" Albuquerque clothing drive is collecting what you cant see - socks and underwear. The Citys Crossing Guard program is behind the clothing drive - aware that undergarments must be brand-new when donated - which means theyre often in short supply. ...

Firearm-related injuries in Colorado hit a peak in 2022, with over 7,000 health care claims and at a cost of $8.4 million, according to a new analysis by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. Cari Frank, vice president for communications with the center, said nearly nine in ten gun-related injury claims were for adults. But she said there were alarming spikes in the rate of these injuries among children. ...

For Older Americans Month, AARP Virginia is hosting an event today about family caregivers. Virginia caregivers provided $14 billion of unpaid care in 2021. The roundtable discussion addresses a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regulation. ...

The Nevada state primary is coming up June 11 and one voting-rights group wants to make sure all Nevadans have the information they need to make their voices heard. They are looking for more people to help. Silver State Voices is among the organizations behind the national, nonpartisan Election Protection program. ...

The federal SNAP program allows nearly 1.3 million Ohio families to put food on the table -- but increasingly, when many recipients attempt to use their card at a store, they are told they do not have enough funds. At grocery and convenience stores across the state, fraudsters are installing illegal skimming devices capable of reading cards as they are swiped and using the card data to steal money. Alisha Love, an EBT card user, said she has been a victim of EBT theft more than once. ...

Buying a used car can be a risky proposition, but a new consumer guide can help people avoid common pitfalls. The nonprofit Oregon Consumer Justice just released the first edition of its free resource, called the Consumer Confidence Comics. The unique guide doubles as an interactive comic book with coloring pages. ...

An Arizona consumer group is applauding the U.S. Department of Energys new residential water heater standards that they say will save American households about $7.6 billion per year on energy and water bills. Thats over $200 per month on the average residential utility bill. ...

A new national survey says one in five Americans 50 and older has nothing in savings for retirement. Wisconsin workers young and old are being urged to take action now, to avoid added financial stress in their later years. The survey results were issued by AARP this month. ...