05/03/2026
From the arti le: "As senators weigh whether to support the bill, which currently sits in the Senate Finance Committee, Malone said he would urge his colleagues to put themselves in the shoes of a retired teacher.
“I hope they would go to the grocery store and consider how difficult it must be for retired teachers to get by after years of not seeing a pay increase to match the price increases on the shelves,” he said. “We owe it to these retired public servants to make sure they can live with dignity.”
Inflation hurts, and no one feels the pinch more than senior citizens living on fixed incomes.
