Veterans

A push to get disabled or elderly veterans into affordable housing in Connecticut. A bill going through the state legislature is helping with that.

A push to get disabled or elderly veterans into affordable housing in Connecticut. A bill going through the state legislature is helping with that. “It’s something that’s earned. It’s something that’s deserved and it’s something that’s necessary,” Bridgette Prince, an Army veteran, said. For her, advocating for affordable housing is her priority, particularly when it comes to veterans who...

A San Diego Navy fought with the Department of Veterans Affairs for five months after he received a letter mistakenly declaring him deceased.

Veterans gathered in Groton Friday to voice their frustration with service cuts, this time because of a funding freeze at Americorps. Americorps provides aid to community organizations that help veterans. The Thames Valley Conference for Community Action said it learned last week that Americorps froze its $200,000 grant. “I’m just too, too emotional for all this, but it’s very...

Budget cuts have led to a halt for some local veteran support grants, resulting in various responses from volunteers and leaders.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members. That’s according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough...

A Marine Corps veteran from Vernon who recently lost his government job is joining Rep. Joe Courtney in Washington D.C. on Tuesday at President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. Gabriel D’Alatri was a project manager at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Hartford. He was a probationary employee, just five days away from securing permanent employment when he...

A Veterans Affairs employee from Connecticut said his time doing accounting came to an end when he opened his email a week ago. It comes as the Trump administration looks to slash the government’s workforce.

The cuts being made at the Department of Veterans Affairs has veterans in our state worried about the impact to their benefits.

The cuts being made at the Department of Veterans Affairs has veterans in our state worried about the impact to their benefits. It comes as the department is laying off more than 1,000 workers and looking at canceling hundreds of contracts. “That’s the last thing a veteran should be concerned about right now. Is this going to be cut?” Bridgitte…

Veterans at State Department dispirited after DEI crackdown puts affinity group on pause.

Manchester’s African American and Black Affairs Council is advocating for two bills that would help veterans get housing across the state. “We need to eliminate homelessness for the veterans,” said Navy veteran and member of the council, Hubert R. Watson Jr. “No veteran should ever go homeless in the United State of America, especially after fighting for this country.”...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was stalled three times during his opening statement by protesters who called him a “Christian zionist” and yelled about “bombing babies in Gaza.”

“I ended up homeless unexpectedly and they’ve been a great help,” said Terrence Waite, standing outside Harkness House in New Haven. The veteran spent nearly 40 years in military service. He hadn’t heard of a lot of veterans’ programs, so he was glad to find Harkness House after his landlord unexpectedly ended his lease. Now, he has transitional housing...

Advocates who work to provide housing for homeless veterans is celebrating the passage of the Dole Act, which will increase federal funds to organizations that help transition veterans for being unhoused to having a home.

Some veterans qualify for a new benefit this Veterans Day. A new state law, which went into effect Oct. 1, gave a property tax exemption to veterans who are deemed by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to be 100% permanently and totally disabled. “We don’t want to forget those who chose to serve or who were serving and paid…

Leo Tyborowski, 103, who fought and was wounded in Germany during WWII, says he is proud to have served in the United States Army.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.

President Biden spoke at the last Veterans Day event of his presidency at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet. Dogs 4 Valor, operated through an organization called The Battle Within, helps retired veterans and first responders in the...