Southwest Veterans' Business Resource Center - Veterans Information for Tuesday, January 18, 2011

1. Governor announces veterans legislation
Chatham Star Tribune
But there is more to be done to ensure that this is the most veteran friendly state in the nation. This year we are going to provide more veterans access to

2. Local veteran speaks out about misdiagnosis by VA health care system
KXII-TV
Brewer have sent letters to state representatives, Gov. Rick Perry and the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington DC about the issue and is still

3. Queensland Veterans Affected by Flooding Have Access to Support and Financial ...
News 4 Us
Mr Snowdon also reassured the Queensland veteran community that there would be no interruption to Department of Veterans' Affairs services

4. Meet Linda Schwartz, one of the hold-overs from Gov. Rell
Hartford Courant (blog)
By Susan Campbell on January 14, 2011 7:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Dr. Schwartz, a Vietnam veteran, is Connecticut's Department of Veterans Affairs

5. Haslam Names Colonel Grinder Veterans Affairs Commissioner
The Chattanoogan
“Her thorough knowledge of the issues facing veterans in our state will directly benefit those who served.” Colonel Grinder is a member of several military

6. Bangor VA administrator grateful for deployment
... Brozyna, a nurse practitioner and the administrator of the US Department of Veterans Affairs clinic on Hancock Street in Bangor, saw she would be caring

7. Texas releases $45 million more for first-time homebuyer tax credit
Housing Wire
Credit is available through the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the US Department of Agriculture or one of many

8. Hawaii Highlights Programs To Help Homeless Veterans
Gov Monitor
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will host a grant-writing workshop for two federal programs to help local nonprofit organizations and consumer

9. UNF starts College of Education building addition
Jacksonville Daily Record
With 220000 military veterans residing in Jacksonville, the center serves about 890 active duty, veteran and ROTC students. The majority of these students

10. Grant to fund local veterans specialist
Martinsville Bulletin
Also, the specialist will help link veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries with services, she said. According to the state news release

11. Organization to present check for vet cemetery construction ...
Randy Reeves, Deputy Director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board, ... This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

12. Local veteran speaks out about misdiagnosis by VA health care system
BONHAM, TX-A local veteran is frustrated about the services he received from the VA Health Care system

13. Many-Bears Grinder Named Veterans Affairs Commissioner | Humphrey ...
News release from Haslam camp: NASHVILLE - Tennessee Governor-elect Bill Haslam named ... "Her thorough knowledge of the issues facing veterans in our state will directly ... and she is an Operation Enduring Freedom combat veteran

14. Snyder taps Allen to head Veterans Affairs - Petoskey News
January 11, 2011|By Brandon Hubbard News-Review Staff Writer ... Citizens and Veterans Affairs Committee, will oversee the two state homes for veterans in

15. Ret. Adjt. General to Head MN Dept. of Veterans Affairs ...
Top Stories in Local News ... Adjt. General to Head MN Dept. of Veterans Affairs . By KBJR News 1. Ret. ... new position will allow him to use his experience to help assist the state's more than 380-thousand Veterans and their families.

16. Remission means a new life for local Army veteran
Daily Comet
The US Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes a link between exposure to the chemical and John's first type of cancer. Hodgkin's lymphoma is considered

17. With unemployment checks running out, more Coloradans face a grim outlook
The Coloradoan
And veterans have the Federal Resources for Veterans, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Colorado Resources for Veterans Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs

18. Small-business Q&A: How to gain certification
Houston Chronicle
Veteran-owned Businesses should register and request verification of their status in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Vendor Information Pages

19. Six former service members unhappy with local social service agency
Nashua Telegraph
Many of their policies are mandated by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and there is no financial incentive to offer their programs.

20. Base engineer formed contracting company before retirement
Dayton Daily News
The company also was awarded work with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Plenty of people have used knowledge they gained during government service for

21. Great Lakes Naval Station turns 100
Chicago Daily Herald
James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center opened in North Chicago as a partnership between Great Lakes and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

22. TC Vet Center Grand Opening : News : UpNorthLive.com
By Kate Fox
The team leader of the center tells me because of the large number of troops coming home -- the US Secretary of Veteran Affairs decided to open 28 new clinics across the country. Traverse City got one because of the high concentration

23. Donation for Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery
WLBT-TV
... and we stand up for them." The cemetery itself was paid for by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and cost around $6.9 million dollars.

24. Man arrested threatening Arizona-like shooting
Cincinnati.com
That office is the part of the US Department of Veterans Affairs that helps people get medical assistance. Court records show Hayward told a worker at the ...

25. Gen. Larry Shellito back in action as Dayton's head of Veteran Affairs
MinnPost.com
“I am honored to be a part of a proud Minnesota tradition of service to our veterans and their families at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

26. 13 WTHRNational Guard helps veteran get proper burial
WTHR
The only information the Department of Veterans Affairs has been able to piece together so far is that Johnson served sometime in 1956 and was honorably

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