Conservative Tilman Goins, who served as a Republican State Representative from Morristown for three terms ending in 2018, has been named as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer for the State Department of Veterans Affairs. Goins will report to another former legislator, Courtney Rogers from Sumner County, who was appointed…
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Feds Prosecuting Fewer Crimes Involving VA Workers Under Trump
Fewer crimes committed by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been prosecuted since President Donald Trump took office but the decline began five years ago under his predecessor, according to data made public Monday by a Syracuse University shop that analyzes important government data.
Read MoreDonald Trump Signs Vets Bill to Keep Veterans Choice Program Afloat
President Trump on Saturday signed a bill that will pump funds into the Veterans choice program to keep it up and running, while Washington continues to fight over how best to give veterans the care they earned – but which the government has sometimes failed to deliver. Approved in the…
Read MoreV.A. Tried to Pay $10 Million for 25 Parking Spaces, 20-Year Official’s Excuse Is ‘He’s New’
Federal officials took six years to plan a new parking lot for a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia that would cost $10 million for only 25 parking spaces, as their solution for a 600-spot shortage. Then when outside auditors pulled the plug on the fiasco, the hospital’s…
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