John Hale

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | John Hale |Terri Hale

If you're not scared about Social Security, you should be | OpinionThe Social Security program is 90 years old come August. About 70 million Americans currently receive a monthly benefit. An estimated 185 million Americans pay into the system and plan to receive benefits someday. They depend on it to be there for them. Recent events raise serious questions whether it will be.

1 month ago | oklahoman.com | John Hale |Terri Hale

The Social Security program is 90 years old come August. About 70 million Americans currently receive a monthly benefit. An estimated 185 million Americans pay into the system and plan to receive benefits someday. They depend on it to be there for them. Recent events raise serious questions whether it will be. • Elon Musk claimed that millions of Americans over the age of 100, 200 or even 300 are getting monthly Social Security benefits.

1 month ago | bleedingheartland.com | Dani Replogle |Laura Belin |Jeff Morrison |John Hale

Dani Replogle is a staff attorney with the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch. For nearly a century, the U.S. government has encouraged farmers to adopt practices that conserve wetlands, protect clean water, and keep farms sustainable. But this common-sense federal commitment to farmers and wetland conservation is now under threat.

1 month ago | desmoinesregister.com | John Hale |Terri Hale

Iowa’s members of Congress should call for hearings, get answers, and insist on greater transparency and accountability from DOGE and leaders of the Social Security Administration. John Hale and Terri HaleGuest columnistsJohn and Terri Hale own The Hale Group, advocating for older Iowans and people with disabilities. John worked for the Social Security Administration for 25 years in its Baltimore headquarters, Kansas City regional office, and in multiple Iowa field offices.

1 month ago | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Jeff Morrison |John Hale |Clark Kauffman

First-term State Representative Brett Barker has acknowledged he made a “rookie mistake” when he authorized the distribution of a right-wing Christian pamphlet to all of his Iowa House colleagues. Barker told Bleeding Heartland he didn’t read the publication by Capitol Ministries before it was circulated in the chamber on March 19.