New Orleans selected as Top 10 area for military retirement
USAA and Military.com have released a list of Top 10 Best Places for Military Retirement, and the New Orleans area makes an appearance in the ninth spot. The overall top location selected was Waco,...
View ArticleWar veterans navigate bumpy return to work force
During his first tour in Iraq in 2007, Army National Guardsman John Horn of Shreveport was the command leader for a group that combed roads throughout the country for improvised explosive devices as...
View ArticleVeterans sue state for benefits
BATON ROUGE — Four years ago, the Legislature decided to grant a monetary benefit to members of the Louisiana National Guard permanently disabled in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks....
View ArticleGuardsmen finally receive Louisiana benefits checks
BATON ROUGE — It’s been slow-going for veterans hoping to receive payments from a benefit the Legislature created four years ago for Louisiana National Guardsmen seriously wounded while serving...
View ArticleBargainers agree to raise size of FHA-backed loans
WASHINGTON — Congressional bargainers have agreed to increase the size of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration in a compromise being hailed by the housing industry but criticized by...
View ArticleVA to spend $6M on homeless center in New Orleans
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will spend $6 million to open a new homeless center in New Orleans. The homeless center will be in the first floor of an addition to a downtown VA hospital....
View ArticleGOP seeks to smooth roughest cuts, avert shutdown
Republicans controlling the House are moving to take the roughest edges off across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.
View ArticleCourt program gives vets a second chance
For Iraq War veteran Tyrone Sykes Jr., getting arrested in a drunken rage in front of his children last year landed him at rock bottom.
View ArticleDeal to improve veterans’ health care costs $17B
A bipartisan deal announced today would authorize about $17 billion to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and nurses to treat veterans and make it easier to fire...
View ArticleLa. delegation: How will VA fix mistakes in state?
All eight members of Louisiana's congressional delegation say the Department of Veterans Affairs is hurting the credit of hundreds of Louisiana veterans by failing to pay on time for emergency health...
View ArticleVA names director for new New Orleans
The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care network that covers Washington, D.C., will take over the leadership of the VA's New Orleans system, including the $1 billion hospital now...
View ArticleReport: Former Louisiana veterans secretary mismanaged department
Louisiana's former veterans secretary mismanaged his department, the state legislative auditor and inspector general said in an investigative report released Monday that describes widespread...
View ArticleVeterans sue state for benefits
BATON ROUGE — Four years ago, the Legislature decided to grant a monetary benefit to members of the Louisiana National Guard permanently disabled in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks....
View ArticleGuardsmen finally receive Louisiana benefits checks
BATON ROUGE — It’s been slow-going for veterans hoping to receive payments from a benefit the Legislature created four years ago for Louisiana National Guardsmen seriously wounded while serving...
View ArticleBargainers agree to raise size of FHA-backed loans
WASHINGTON — Congressional bargainers have agreed to increase the size of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration in a compromise being hailed by the housing industry but criticized by...
View ArticleVA to spend $6M on homeless center in New Orleans
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will spend $6 million to open a new homeless center in New Orleans. The homeless center will be in the first floor of an addition to a downtown VA hospital....
View ArticleGOP seeks to smooth roughest cuts, avert shutdown
Republicans controlling the House are moving to take the roughest edges off across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.
View ArticleCourt program gives vets a second chance
For Iraq War veteran Tyrone Sykes Jr., getting arrested in a drunken rage in front of his children last year landed him at rock bottom.
View ArticleDeal to improve veterans’ health care costs $17B
A bipartisan deal announced today would authorize about $17 billion to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and nurses to treat veterans and make it easier to fire...
View ArticleLa. delegation: How will VA fix mistakes in state?
All eight members of Louisiana's congressional delegation say the Department of Veterans Affairs is hurting the credit of hundreds of Louisiana veterans by failing to pay on time for emergency health...
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