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AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage promoted his plan to exempt military pensions from the states income tax Tuesday, saying the proposal is part of a larger goal to attract investment from new residents while ensuring that

The Salisbury VA Medical Centers Rural Health Integration Program is offering a metabolic syndrome class at American Legion Post 65, 2446 Salisbury Highway, Statesville, Wednesdays, March 4 through 25, from 10 a.m. to noon. Metabolic

MOBILE, Ala. – The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System will hold a Town Hall event for veterans at its Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Mobile, Ala., on March 10. The

LINCOLN Danelle Nelson has completed six deployments during 15 years in the Nebraska Air National Guard. The 36-year-old technical sergeant from Kearney recently told Nebraska lawmakers that she doubts she would consider a seventh. In

The Ramsey County Veterans Court is seeking veterans to serve as volunteer mentors to Veterans Court participants. Ramsey County Veterans Court provides veterans of the United States military branches who are charged with committing a

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. An inspection of the Little Rock veterans benefits center found that staff members were marking overlooked claims many almost 2 years old to make them appear as if they had just been

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) – Vermonts only veterans hospital is going to be joining six other Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in making the life stories of some veterans a part of their medical

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald toured the Wilmington VA Medical Center Monday. McDonald met with hospital leaders and workers, as well as veterans. “We have a lot of work to do,” McDonald said.

FARMINGTON A 2013 project to build houses for Navajo veterans in each of the five agencies is continuing into another year. An update about the Navajo veterans housing project was provided on Wednesday to officials

New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, an incredible achievement for a city that in 2012 had the second largest population of homeless

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has put forward Lt. Col. Sean Connolly of Hebron as his choice to succeed Linda Schwartz as the state’s Veterans Affairs commissioner. Connolly must first, however, be confirmed by the General

A conservative veterans group is testing its clout with a radical plan unveiled Thursday to largely privatize VA health care. Concerned Veterans for America is calling for the Veterans Health Administration the wing of the