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VA secretary to testify on department budget needs, workforce cuts

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins will make his first appearance since his confirmation before Congress this week, testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday about the fiscal 2026 budget.Collins’ trip to Capitol Hill comes amid increasing frustration among Democratic lawmakers about department reform plans. The secretary has set a goal of reducing the VA workforce to less than 400,000 staffers, which would require el…

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Fighting for CT veterans: ‘We’re going to hold this administration’s feet to the fire’: lawmaker

The Trump administration’s promise to maintain veterans’ benefits rings hollow to veterans like Alison Weir, given its plan to cut 83,000 jobs in the Veterans Administration and roll back staffing levels to what it had in 2019, making those benefits harder to obtain. “The thing is, the VA wasn’t effective in 2019, and many veterans waited years to get their claims adjudicated, some dying in the process of waiting,” Weir, a 20-year career Air For…

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VA secretary to testify on department budget needs, workforce cuts

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins will make his first appearance since his confirmation before Congress this week, testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday about the fiscal 2026 budget.Collins’ trip to Capitol Hill comes amid increasing frustration among Democratic lawmakers about department reform plans. The secretary has set a goal of reducing the VA workforce to less than 400,000 staffers, which would require el…

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NYC nurses demand an end to VA staffing cuts

Registered nurses from the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus (formerly Manhattan VA Medical Center) will hold a rally on Wed., April 9, to demand an end to staffing cuts and attacks on federal workers’ union rights.

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New Health Sciences Facility at CCC&TI to Address Critical Workforce Needs

Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute has announced that a new health science facility is being planned for the college’s Caldwell Campus in Hudson. CCC&TI received funding for the project through a series of state budget allocations over the last few years. The new facility will be a state-of-the-art teaching and learning center with a …

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