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Big Change for SSI Recipients
A: The rule has always been that you cannot use trust funds to pay for food for a recipient of Social Security Income (SSI), without causing a reduction in benefits; but this is changing. Effective September 30, 2024, food will no longer be considered "In-Kind Support and Maintenance" (ISM) for SSI purposes. So yes, you will be able to use the money in the supplemental needs trust to buy food for your beneficiary!
Deborah Williams
Every aspect of our lives is touched by politics and policy whether it be what you can use to kill the weeds in your yard; how clean your drinking water is; to whether America will supply weapons to another country.
Tom Barton
Sports, it's in his blood. Other than his amazing wife and growing family, it's all he thinks about. That passion carries over into local sports coverage for the South Shore Press.
New Look, New Team - Excellent News!
New look. New logo. Seasoned professionals. HIgh quality journalism. Local sports coverage you won't find anywhere else. A passion for public service in Suffolk County.
Profiles in Reporting: Bob Chartuk
That's when South Shore Press reporter Robert Chartuk grabbed a notepad, gathered stories, and banged away on a typewriter as a reporter for the first time.
Analysis: GOP Eats Their Own, While Democrats Dig In and Defend.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife charging bribery, conspiracy, unlawful foreign influences, and money laundering. The Cuellars are alleged to have accepted nearly $600,000 in this scheme.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran Fear of Change
Fear of change is a common phenomenon in humans. This is especially true with veterans coming home from the service. However, it was not a problem when they first entered the military service. Thus we need to look at both the entry and exit to understand the difference. When the recruit entered to service and basic training they were joined with twenty or more other recruits. They all went through about three months of basic training together, and when changes in life styles took place it happened to all. We were clothed, fed, housed and worked in a true peer to peer, buddy system and when transferred to other bases it did not change that life style.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran Fear of Change
Fear of change is a common phenomenon in humans. This is especially true with veterans coming home from the service. However, it was not a problem when they first entered the military service. Thus we need to look at both the entry and exit to understand the difference.
Reader Response
I read with interest your rebuttal to a recent editorial regarding view points on Pres. Biden. It reminded me of Jack Webb just the fact Ma'am, and the demographic of senior who reside in Brookhaven Town.
IRS Issues Notice Regarding 2024 IRA Required Minimum Distributions
A: Since your mother died after December 31, 2019, your distribution rules are governed by the SECURE ACT. You are considered a designated beneficiary of an inherited IRA and the 10-year rule applies.
On Preserving Suffolk's Underground Water Supply
Turner was speaking about far- western Long Island—Brooklyn— and how it blew its underground water supply more than a century ago.
Guest Editorial: Pro Hamas Radicals Must be Stopped
Six words perfectly summed up the dangerous idiocy and raging antisemitism taking place on college campuses across the country when a now viral clip of an anti-Israeli protester explained why she was there.
Waving the Wrong Flag
It was an emotional moment for members of Congress. In a patriotic display of heartfelt bipartisanship, public servants from both political parties furiously and joyously waved flags after GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson needed Democratic members to pass a massive investment of $61 billion into the country.
Guest Editorial: Reduce the National Debt
A Gallup survey released in February 2024 tells us a great deal about which issues are most important to American citizens heading into the 2024 presidential election. In the survey, respondents were asked to name their top issue of concern. Based on what is happening at our borders, particularly our southern border, it is no surprise that immigration was listed as the top issue of concern at 28%.
Guest Editorial: Courts Must Say "No" to No Excuse Voting
Article II, Section 2 of the State Constitution gives the state legislature the power to allow absentee voting. This provision, however, only permits the State Legislature to allow absentee voting when voters have a valid excuse, such as being out of the county on Election Day, or being permanently disabled. The early mail voting law runs afoul of this election integrity provision of the state constitution.
"Docs Equinox" on "Soils, Farms, Food"
By Karl Grossman It was fitting that Suffolk County with some of the richest soil in the world and still on the New York State's list of its top agricultural counties (Number 4 based on "farm sales") as the setting in recent days of a "Docs Equinox" series of documentaries with the theme "Cultivating Connections: Soils, Farms, Food."
National Healthcare Decisions Day
While the day was started by lawyers, advanced directives need not be signed in the presence of a doctor or a lawyer. Both of these documents must be signed in the presence of two witnesses who are over the age of 18. However, they are often signed with an attorney when completing the other parts of an estate plan.
Reasons Why We Procrastinate
Identifying what type of procrastination you are is the beginning step in changing your behavior. There are six types of procrastination based on the main perceived issue causing the behavior.
Guest Editorial: Biden is to Blame for Iran Bombing Israel
While Iran launched an attack on Israel using drones and ballistic missiles this past week, the seeds of this act of war were firmly planted by President Biden in August of 2023.
Daily Feed
Plaintiff Linkedto Partners LLC Accuses Digital Asset Firm DeFi Technologies Inc. of Securities Fraud
Linkedto Partners LLC has initiated a class-action lawsuit against DeFi Technologies Inc., accusing them of securities fraud by allegedly making false statements about their financial health between May and November of this year.
Plaintiff alleges auto dealer and bank conspired in deceptive financing scheme
In a lawsuit filed on December 5th in Brooklyn's Eastern District Court of New York against Generation Kia Inc., Esran L. Boothe claims he was misled into an inflated car financing deal through deceptive practices involving electronic contracts...
UCS Trading Inc., an e-commerce business victimized by fraudsters sues The Moroccan Deal Inc., alleging deceptive investment scheme
In a striking legal move, UCS Trading Inc., an e-commerce company based in New York City has filed a lawsuit against The Moroccan Deal Inc., accusing them along with two individuals of orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme involving...