Federal funding cuts have NM Veteran Affairs employees questioning their future

Letter: Veterans not a priority for Trump administration

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I am writing as a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, who served from 1973 to 1977. But more importantly, I am writing as a relative of a veteran who took his own life after multiple tours in Afghanistan. In a recent meeting with fellow veterans, one from California and one from Virginia, I learned that DOGE has cut service by r…

Federal funding cuts have NM Veteran Affairs employees questioning their future

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Veterans Affairs employees across the country have been met with confusion over recent federal funding cuts. Many are now questioning their future with the department. On Wednesday, New Mexico Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich sat down with impacted residents who say they have nowhere to go. "I'm just trying to make sense of all this,” said Sen. Heinrich. Story continues below Podcast: What Will Voters Do With $1.5 Million…

‘Every position is mission critical’: Veterans and supporters voice opposition to Trump’s proposed VA cuts

Local veterans and their allies and healthcare providers, along with Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Mike Levin, spoke out Wednesday against proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs at a pair of events in San Diego County. Nurses from the VA Medical Center in La Jolla — joined by veterans, patients and other union members — rallied outside the hospital to protest the cuts, which they say could have devastating impacts for the veterans in t…

Schumer, local veterans condemn federal cuts at VA facilities

"I don’t call it the Department of Government Efficiency, I call it the Department of Government Cruelty."

VA plans to cut hundreds of payroll jobs at regional medical sites

The decision to cut about 300 medical center payroll jobs and move about 300 more are part of broader efforts to reduce the size of the VA workforce.

Proposed VA staffing cuts have local North Dakota veterans worried

BISMARCK — Expected cuts of between 70,000 to over 80,000 workers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring staffing down to 2019 levels by the end of August have some North Dakota veterans concerned that care could erode. The Associated Press reported on the cuts on March 5 after obtaining an internal memo that detailed 83,000 potential VA positions to eliminate. In a video statement later that day, VA Secretary Doug Collins said th…