Millions of veterans rely on monthly benefits to help support themselves and their families. As of 2024, around 6.5 million veterans receive tax-free disability compensation from the Department of ...

On October 29, a disabled Navy veteran and blogger named Theresa Aldrich, who keeps other former service members informed about developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), tuned in to ...

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities. But empirical data show that this assumption is faulty, and veterans suffer ...

This is the first article in an ongoing Barn Raiser series covering rural veterans’ issues. James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty—some of it in the Gulf ...

Virginia students’ reading and math assessments in grades 3 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year improved despite the commonwealth making assessments more “rigorous” for students, according to data ...

CHARLESTON — Members of the West Virginia Board of Education were pleased to see the latest statewide math and English Language Arts results showing continued improvement in the state’s 55-county ...

WASHINGTON — Doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs for the first time would be allowed to recommend cannabis to patients in states where it is legal, according to an amendment in the ...

Q: Has President Donald Trump issued a rule that VA doctors can refuse treatment to Democrats? A: No. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs changed the wording in its bylaws to comply with recent ...

Virginia ranks 51st in the U.S. — behind all other states and Washington, D.C. — in math recovery from 2019 to 2024 for its performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has dismissed more than 1,000 new employees as part of a wave of federal government layoffs that began this week, sparking concerns the firings could impact ...

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, pledged to preserve the VA's health care system but also improve medical services for veterans through community care ...