Downtown Hendersonville, N.C., has a small-town atmosphere. iStock Dear MarketWatch, My wife and I are both 57 and looking to retire at 62. We will get approximately $ 1,700 a month each from Social Security. We currently have approximately $ 750,000 in 401(k) and cash. We are looking to get …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: The legally murky eviction of a North Carolina single mother — despite the CDC’s moratorium: ‘Nobody’s enforcing it’
As the nation’s attention was focused on who would be the next president the day after the Nov. 3 election, Sierra Graves was busy grabbing as many of her and her three children’s belongings as she could. Just 10 minutes later, sheriff’s deputies knocked on her apartment door to evict …
Read More »: Voter rally in swing state North Carolina ends with pepper spray, arrests
Saturday was the last day of in-person early voting in North Carolina. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) Getty Images A get-out-the vote rally in swing state North Carolina on Saturday ended with police using pepper spray on some participants and making several arrests. Multiple people were arrested outside Alamance County’s …
Read More »Where Should I Retire?: I’m a ‘young 68’ with $3,200 a month in Social Security and don’t want it taxed — where should I retire north or west of Colorado?
Dear MarketWatch, I am finishing 50 years in the airline industry next year, and I am looking to relocate to anywhere north or west of Colorado (including Colorado) — but not California because of the taxes. I will have approximately $ 3,200 a month in Social Security and will hopefully …
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