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A $350,000 loan from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority to the Russell County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) will be used to finance the replacement of the roof at the ...
Jai’meka Michelle Austin, a Roanoke woman at the center of a scheme to create fake small businesses that obtained loans from a pandemic relief program, pleaded guilty Wednesday. Austin ...
“We regret when anyone loses their job, and it’s extraordinarily difficult for department leaders to make those types of decisions,” said VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz. “But the ...
VA Shake-Up Disrupts Mental Health Services for Some US Veterans By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Joey Cortez, who served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, had been waiting since August to ...
Cortez was fired last month from his human resources job at the agency - one of about 2,400 employees who lost their jobs at Veterans' Affairs (VA) in the first wave of President Donald Trump's ...
ROANOKE, Va. – The foster care crisis impacts thousands of children across Virginia. Children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, through no fault of their own. The lack of ...
The VA "enterprise mail management" contract was with Duty First Consulting, a company founded by service-disabled entrepreneurs that provides IT and business process consulting services to the ...
Now, both veterans have watched with alarm as the Trump administration has taken an ax to the VA, imperiling the agency’s status as a national powerhouse of scientific innovation. Sweeping ...
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall made the announcement as she confirmed long-awaited cuts in the House of Commons. She is to meet colleagues in the Ministry of Defence to discuss the plan ...
“I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping veterans attempt to change their sex," VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement. "All eligible veterans ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images) ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer provide hormone therapy and other gender-related care to transgender veteran patients not already receiving those treatments in the VA or Defense ...