Ask Rusty – I’m a Retired Veteran; Why must I pay for Medicare?

Dear Rusty: I’m a retired Navy veteran who is going to be turning 65 years old this year. My question is concerning mandatory Medicare sign-up requirements. Why do I have to sign up for Medicare coverage at 65 when I can’t start collecting full Social Security benefits until I turn 67?

Less than a week remains in legislative session

With the legislative session ending on Monday, June 2, lawmakers are scrambling to pass or kill bills, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Among the bills passed or likely to soon pass:• All handgun licenses issued in other states will be honored in Texas if, as expected, Gov.

Ask Rusty – How do I apply for Social Security?

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensDear Rusty: I just turned 65 years old in February 2025. I need to sign up for Social Security but don’t even know where to start.

Texas the state with most POWs

By the end of May 1945, more enemy prisoners were sitting out the Second World War in Texas than any state in the Union. One out of every ten German, Italian and Japanese captives shipped to the United States for safekeeping wound up somewhere between the Red River and the Rio Grande.

MY FIVE CENTS

Today is the first of many deadlines the legislature will reach over the next two and a half weeks. It’s the last day for the House to pass House Bills on second reading. After today, the House will only pass Senate Bills until the Legislature adjourns Sine Die on June 2.

Lawmakers agree on $8 billion school funding package

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Local bayou yields a 115 lb alligator snapping turtle

5 YEARS AGOMay 20, 2020:The Vidor High School Class of 2020 open-air Commencement Ceremonies at Pirate Stadium on May 29th 2020 will have all the “Pomp and Circumstance” of previous commencement exercises held at the Montagne Center or the Beaumont Civic Center. According to Vidor I.S.D.

Two dozen stand trial in “Stockade Case”

The sensational murder trial of 24 Texans, denied bail and held for months in an open-air stockade, began at Jefferson on May 24, 1869.George Washington Smith was a veteran of the Union Army, whose chief claim to fame was a flesh wound sustained at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Social Security Matters

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensSecurity or Medicare Benefits?Dear Rusty: I am a new AMAC member and have an important question for you, and your answer will be greatly appreciated.

MY FIVE CENTS

On May 8, 1945 the Allied forces celebrated Victory in Europe Day after the defeat of Nazi Germany. During the war, more than 1,500,000 military personnel came to Texas for training.