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  McLean, Virginia December 3, 2014 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a prime contract to MorganFranklin Consulting to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-123 and remediation support

MARYVILLE (WATE) – All you need to brighten the holiday season for some local veterans are a pen, a stamp, a card and an envelope. The Blount County Veterans Affairs office is collecting Christmas cards

AURORA, Ill. – In an effort to stop the tragedy of disabled veterans losing their homes, state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, sponsored legislation to give property tax relief to veterans receiving donated housing, who risked

There are still hundreds of veterans in the east that need a home they can count on, despite a national report says that homelessness among veterans has declined considerably since 2010. One homeless veteran from

This morning during a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-NH, questioned VA officials about the effectiveness of the VAs Family Caregiver Program, and pushed for information regarding possible expansion. The

The Department of Veterans Affairs office of inspector general announced Wednesday that it has begun looking into alleged misconduct at a VA outpatient clinic in Hibbing, where six former employees said they were ordered to

The Department of Veterans Affairs is making good on a promise to get veterans into appointments more quickly, especially those who live far from medical facilities or have waited too long for appointments. During the

The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to rename the Veterans Affairs health clinic in Galesburg after Lane Evans, the longtime Rock Island congressman who died last month. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Mark Kirk,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General is investigating allegations of misconduct at a VA clinic in Hibbing. Last month, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Reps. Tim Walz and Rick Nolan

ST. LOUIS – A Southern Illinois veteran one step away from homelessness describes it as ‘an amazing course of events’. He and his wife were getting nowhere fighting for much-needed benefits from Veterans Affairs until

A group of veterans is stuffing hundreds of stockings for children of military families this holiday season. Combat Vet Riders is working with Operation Homefront to collect and donate stockings stuffed with toys for local

Police say they are investigating whether a man accused of falsely posing as a U.S. Army ranger while shopping at a suburban Philadelphia mall broke the law. Middletown Police Chief Joseph Bartorilla said Tuesday that