Veterans

A Long Island-based, family-owned bowling company is in the midst of its Bowlers to Veterans Link (BVL) fundraiser, leveraging Veterans Day to promote it.

The ongoing government shutdown has renewed debate over health care and Medicaid cuts that could affect veterans. Advocates in New York, home to the nation’s largest share of veterans on Medicaid, warn that reduced funding could strain care and worsen mental health outcomes.

Huntington officials and Paws of War restored the historic Burr Cemetery, honoring veterans of the War of 1812 and reconnecting the community with one of its oldest burial grounds.

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a law that establishes November as Veterans’ Month in Connecticut. It’s one of two new laws honoring veterans that the governor signed at a VFW Post in East Hampton on Monday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated gender-affirming medical coverage for a transgender veteran who sued them for refusing to cover her hormone replacement therapy.

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY-01) is backing legislation to connect bile duct cancer in Vietnam War veterans to their military service.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is reintroducing a bill that expands health research for veterans and their families.

A transgender veteran is suing the VA, with help from Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic, after losing access to hormone therapy under a new federal policy banning coverage for gender-affirming care.

The National Association of Naval Veterans once had 41 clubs across the country. There’s only one left, Port 5 Naval Club, at the edge of Bridgeport’s harbor.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, hosted a roundtable discussion with local veterans on Wednesday.