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More than $600,000 in federal funding will go toward updating Phelps Village in Vernon, which houses 21 formerly homeless veterans.
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Artist Minoo Emami destroyed 22 of her paintings by fire, including early works dating back to 1998. She called the burning a “ritual rooted in mourning.”
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New Britain nonprofit Veterans Inc. received $154,000 to boost efforts to reintegrate veterans into the civilian workforce.
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A Bridgeport-based nonprofit that provides housing for veterans began an expansion, including the building's first elevator and private bedrooms.
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A federal investigation released Monday of a hot steam accident that killed two workers conducting maintenance on a boiler system at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut substantiates a whistleblower’s allegations that employees did not follow proper protocols to control hazardous energy or receive adequate training, among other violations.
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A Vietnam War military veteran from New Haven is suing the federal government, alleging racial discrimination within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Conley Monk Jr., who is Black, believes racial bias kept him from accessing education, housing and disability benefits.
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The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday night that will expand benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and toxins while serving, ending an impasse initiated by Republicans that delayed passage of the bill for almost a week.
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Veterans were planning to celebrate the passage this week of a bipartisan bill to expand benefits for those exposed to burn pits and toxins when they served. But a delay prompted by Senate Republicans is indefinitely stalling that access for veterans in Connecticut and across the country.
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Connecticut says it has recouped money from a national retail jeweler on behalf of active-duty service members and veterans.
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Volunteers renovate the Southington home of a disabled veteran.