1 If you chose an annuity that pays benefits for the life of your beneficiary (such as a joint-and-survivor annuity), PBGC will pay these benefits only to the beneficiary you chose when you retired. 2  In such a case, if you remarry after you retire, your new spouse usually will not be entitled to a survivor benefit. If you chose an annuity that pays benefits for the life of your beneficiary (such as a joint-and-survivor annuity), PBGC will pay these benefits only to the beneficiary you chose when you retired. 2  In such a case, if you remarry after you retire, your new spouse usually will not be entitled to a survivor benefit.
A major lawsuit over the Flint water crisis has been settled. Under the deal, the state will pay for the replacement of 18,000 lead service lines. This Week in Michigan Politics, Morning Edition host Doug Tribou and senior news analyst Jack Lessenberry talk about why the deal might set a precedent for other cities.
Image credit: Tom Archer Last month, the U.S. and Canadian governments called for a 40-percent reduction, from 2008 levels, in phosphorus runoff from farms and other sources into Lake Erie. The nutrient feeds an oxygen-depleted dead zone in the lake and toxin-producing algal blooms, including a 2014 event that contaminated the drinking water of more than 400,000 people near Toledo for two days.