Painful cuts. NC VA workers fear financial surgery will maim the agency.

Painful cuts. NC VA workers fear financial surgery will maim the agency.

Trump administration says it's excising waste from Biden-era Veterans Affairs agency. But many in NC worry about deep and imprecise chopping. Painful cuts. NC VA workers fear financial surgery will maim the agency. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Plea…

Painful cuts. NC VA workers fear financial surgery will maim the agency

Darlene Fore is terrified. She’s a nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville: a hard, but stable, federal job. Last year, her family was devastated by Tropical Storm Helene. Now, as she reaches 60 years old, her job,…