TAX SOLUTIONS: Tax Benefits for College Education
You are working hard on your college education. The costs for tuition and books are expensive. To help you with the cost of college, there are IRS tax breaks available to you.
Featured Stories
U.S. District Court Museum Reveals Historic Movements
By Rick Garcia
Michigan is chalked with over 1,000 historical entities from museums to genealogical societies.
The Lansing Black Chamber Pillar Awards 2014
At this year’s 2014 Community Pillar Awards gala honored the following five esteemed individuals for their invaluable contributions to Greater Lansing and the State of Michigan: Wendell Barron, Barbara Roberts Mason, James W. Butler III, Renee Freeman and A. Gregory Eaton.
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery, that occurs on an international, national, and local scale.
Although human trafficking takes many different forms—labor, domestic service, organ trafficking—79
percent of human trafficking is for sexual exploitation. Overall, women make up 66 percent of trafficking
victims and girls make up 13 percent.
Source: www.liveyourdream.org
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Article by Dr. Daryl Green
News Spotlight: PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO ENGAGE URBAN YOUTH IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STEM EDUCATION
The 100-year old Black fraternity’s initiative commemorates American scientist, botanist, and inventor, George Washington Carver to promote Conservation of North American Wildlife and their Habitats. —
FWS and Sigma sign partnership agreement. (Back – left to right) Sigma Deputy Director Steve Ballard, Sigma Beta Club Foundation President and Past International President Arthur Thomas, Sigma Executive Director Darryl Anderson, Sigma Partner Liaison Kevin Davis, and Sigma International Director of Education Jean B. Lamothe; (Seated – left to right) Phi Beta Sigma International President Jonathan A. Mason and FWS Director Dan Ashe.
Photo Credit: Tami Heilemann, Department of Interior
News Spotlight: CATA announces summer service changes and reductions effective May 5
Summer CATA bus schedule changes.
News Spotlight: Mental Health Seminar on May 16
Psalm 147:3 “He helps the broken hearted and binds their wounds.”
Theme: God’s Peace is Accessible to All.
The Josephine Brown Women’s Missionary Society invites people of all ages to a Workshop on Mental Health on Saturday, May 17 beginning with continental breakfast at 9:00 am at Trinity AME Church located at 3500 West Holmes Road
News Spotlight: BWL Issues Telephone Scam Alert
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) has received several reports of scam imposters threatening commercial customers with loss of service if they do not make a utility payment over the phone.
TAX SOLUTIONS: Taxes on Early Retirement Withdrawals
By A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.
For years you contributed money to a 401K or IRA. Your employer may have matched your contributions. You now have a good chunk of money saved up in your retirement. Then something happens in your life and you need money. One thought is to withdraw money out of your retirement. But, there are tax consequences. What to do?
News Spotlight: 40th Anniversary of the Tri-County Office on Aging
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Tri-County Office on Aging providing services and support to empower older adults and persons with disabilities. Programs like Meals on Wheels, the Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program, Project Choices and other in-home services support independence. In celebration, Tri-County Office on Aging has planned a year of events. The following is a list of dates and times for the events.