by Rikki Almanza | Jul 9, 2025
The VA announced this week that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 30,000 positions by the end of the current fiscal year, a significant decrease from the 80,000 job cuts it originally planned. The department now says it will rely on voluntary retirements,...
by Rikki Almanza | Jul 1, 2025
In a long-awaited win for California’s military community, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the 2025–26 state budget, which includes a new income tax exemption for retired Service Members and their surviving spouses. For the first time, Veterans receiving military...
by Rikki Almanza | Jun 27, 2025
June is recognized as PTSD Awareness Month, and across the country, Veterans are turning to aquatic therapy to support both mental and physical recovery. This gentle, water-based approach is helping those who have served manage PTSD, chronic pain, and mobility...
by Rikki Almanza | Jun 23, 2025
Lawmakers have introduced the Vietnam Veteran Commemoration Fund Act, a bipartisan bill extending federal efforts to recognize Vietnam War-era Veterans before the program’s official end on November 11. The Vietnam War Commemoration program, established by Congress in...
by Rikki Almanza | Jun 19, 2025
Veterans and their caregivers may soon see changes in how the VA handles benefits claims and appeals. A new package of bills introduced in the House of Representatives is focused on fixing delays, reducing errors, and updating outdated systems that have slowed down...
by Rikki Almanza | Jun 18, 2025
Thousands of disabled Veterans may soon receive additional retroactive compensation after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the military improperly capped payments through the combat-related special compensation, CRSC, program. The ruling in Soto v. United...
