Veterans and allies rail against proposed cuts to VA

VT Headlines: Protest outside VA hospital on Veterans’ behalf - Vermont Daily Chronicle

Seven DaysVermont to Lose Millions as Part of Federal Grant CutsNBC 5Fires at School for International Training in Brattleboro displace dozens, officials sayNBC 5Protestors hold demonstration outside of VA Hospital in White River JunctionVT DiggerBill Calfee: Amazon’s expansion threatens Vermont’s small businesses and workersVT DiggerKate Seaton: Say no to AmazonThe post VT Headlines: Protest outside VA hospital on Veterans’ behalf first appeare…

PTSD broke up a veteran's family. Now his daughters could lose SC college scholarships too. • SC Daily Gazette

A lawmaker wants to close a residency loophole to a offer a free college education to more children of South Carolina military veterans. (File photo by Getty Images)COLUMBIA — A U.S. Army veteran from South Carolina was shot and injured in combat while serving in Afghanistan, earning the man a Purple Heart. But war took its toll. When he came home to Columbia, to his wife and twin daughters, he was a different man. Doctors diagnosed him with pos…

Adaptive Performance Center saves lives, one vet at a time

Karen Pearson has witnessed first-hand how depression leads to a high suicide rate among veterans. Her late husband was a Navy vet who struggled after he returned home following his deployment to the Middle East in the tumultuous years following…

Alabama veterans mental health plan focuses on crisis care, treatment access

Kimberly Boswell, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, chairs the Veterans Mental Health Steering Committee on March 26, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector)State officials Wednesday agreed to recommend expanded services, new prevention programs and stronger partnerships between state agencies to improve mental health care and crisis intervention for Alabama veterans.  The recommendations, presented …

‘I didn’t think it would be this bad’: Veterans worry VA cuts will hurt their care

On days when the emphysema and the side effects of his traumatic brain injury are not flaring out of control, David Cochran sometimes leaves his house in Vista, California. But simple things like traffic can set off his post-traumatic stress, and the U.S. Army veteran quickly returns home, where he doesn’t feel so vulnerable to the possibility of hurting himself — or others. “I can’t be in crowds,” Cochran said. “I have trouble driving because o…

The Metro: County Veteran Service Fund miscalculation puts veteran affairs offices in a tricky financial situation - WDET 101.9 FM

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.  Today on The Metro we bring you a conversation with the Detroit Documenters, an organization that trains and pays residents to cover government meetings in Southeast Michigan.  One thing Detroit Documenters is learning at recent meetings is that County Veteran Affairs offices across the state are in a tricky financial situation. Money they usually rec…