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Tuesday, October 16, 2012  More than 56 million Social Security recipients will soon find out how much their monthly payments will go up next year.

Monday, December 27, 2010  Retirees in Colorado's state pension plan will start paying a higher price for fixing the troubled system on Jan. 1.

Friday, October 15, 2010  The Social Security Administration is set to announce that more than 58 million retirees and disabled Americans will have to go a second straight year without a cost-of-living increase in benefits.

Monday, January 25, 2010  One of the major changes would likely wipe out annual cost of living increases for retirees over the next two years and then limit increases to 2 percent. The proposal would also increase employee and employer contributions by 2 percent.

Thursday, December 31, 2009  Colorado's wage is dropping 3 cents an hour, from $7.28 to the federal minimum wage of $7.25. That's because Colorado is one of 10 states that tie the state minimum wage to inflation. The indexing is thought to protect low-wage workers from having flat wages as the cost of living goes up.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009  Social Security says no cost of living increase in 2010; Obama seeks $250 stimulus payments

Wednesday, October 14, 2009  No COLA boost for Social Security checks for first time since '75 could prod $250 payments

Tuesday, October 13, 2009  Colorado officials have confirmed that the state next year will become the first to lower its minimum wage because of a falling cost of living.