Kansas Bulletin State News

By: States: Kansas | Source: AARP.org

April 2008
Special guest – AARP members in Kansas and Missouri are invited to two events this month featuring Emmy Award-winning radio and television correspondent Juan Williams. At both events Williams will speak about Divided We Fail, the national effort to encourage bipartisan solutions to achieve affordable health care and lifelong financial security for everyone. The April 18 event at the Jack Reardon Convention Center in Kansas City, Kansas, is free. For details, go to www.aarp.org/ks or call 1-866-448-3619 toll free.

The April 19 event at the Overland Park Marriott Hotel is a scholarship fundraiser sponsored by the Kansas City, Kansas, chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; tickets cost $40. Call 913-768-6773.

March 2008
Freeze for all – AARP is asking state lawmakers to pass legislation giving all Kansans the right to safeguard their personal financial information from identity theft. Under current Kansas law, only victims of identity theft have the right to freeze their credit reports, which keeps credit-reporting agencies from releasing the information to merchants, banks or other creditors without the consumer’s consent. Since November 2007 the nation’s three credit-reporting agencies have allowed all consumers to control access to their credit reports, although the cost and manner of doing so varies by state. “This right should be guaranteed by state law, not up to the whim of these agencies,” says Maren Turner, AARP state director. AARP Kansas wants the service of freezing credit reports to remain free for victims and to be extended to other residents for reasonable fees. For more information, visit www.aarp.org/ks or call 1-866-448-3619 toll free. To urge legislators to support the measure, call 1-800-432-3924.