Social Security
Higher taxes on the wealthy would bolster Social Security, U.S. Senate Dems argue
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators debated Wednesday how best to resolve a funding cliff within Social Security that will lead to a quarter reduction in benefits in about a decade, absent action from Congress. Democrats on the Budget Committee, led by Chair Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, called for lawmakers to increase taxes on the country’s […]
Higher taxes on the wealthy would bolster Social Security, U.S. Senate Dems argue
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators debated Wednesday how best to resolve a funding cliff within Social Security that will lead to a quarter reduction in benefits in about a decade, absent action from Congress. Democrats on the Budget Committee, led by Chair Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, called for lawmakers to increase taxes on the county’s […]
Rhode Island and nearly every other state sues company allegedly behind billions of spam calls
Rhode Island has joined 48 other states in a lawsuit against a company that allegedly initiated and facilitated billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people in violation of consumer protection and telemarketing laws. Avid Telecom, based in Tucson, Arizona, is a Voice over Internet Protocol service provider which sells data, phone numbers, dialing software, […]
Former Bristol woman sentenced for stealing Social Security funds
PROVIDENCE — A former Bristol woman who fraudulently collected more than $42,000 in Social Security Supplemental Security Income was sentenced Monday to three years of federal probation. Sonia Pimentel, 44, now residing in Norwich, Connecticut, pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2022, to a charge of theft of public funds. Pimentel admitted that, from December 2011 […]