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• Veterans’ fertility treatment bill passes U.S. Senate

  December 13, 2012 in City A bill that would provide in-vitro fertilization coverage through Veterans Affairs unanimously passed the U.S. Senate today. 5

• VA faces criticism of mental health care

  April 22, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 MINNEAPOLIS – After six sleepless nights, Blake Uddin knew he was in trouble. He was hearing voices and feeling “clairvoyant.” A sergeant in the Wisconsin National Guard with two tours … 24

• Murray to lead Veterans Affairs Committee

  January 28, 2011 in City on Page A9 U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Thursday was named the new chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. “This is a great honor, but an even bigger responsibility,” Murray said in … 1

• Patty Murray will lead Senate veterans committee

  January 27, 2011 in Nation/World U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., today was named the new chairwoman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. 6

• Ambulance ride turns costly for north Spokane man

  August 12, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 Howard Hickman never had a problem with his health insurance coverage. The retired Union Pacific employee and Navy veteran said he has 100 percent coverage rating from the Department of … 3

• HUD grants help homeless vets

  June 4, 2010 in City on Page A7 The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $3.4 million in permanent rental assistance vouchers Thursday for 580 homeless veterans in the Northwest.

• VA limits surgeries at Spokane, other hospitals

  May 6, 2010 in City The Veterans Affairs Department is limiting the types of surgeries performed at some of its hospitals, including in Spokane, following a systemwide review prompted by surgical deaths at its southern … 8

• Congressman accuses VA of ‘noncompliance’

  April 27, 2010 in Nation/World A key House member asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to explain an apparent “emerging pattern” of agency noncompliance” with congressional requests for information about veteran suicide and other issues. 8

• House expands benefits for veterans’ caregivers

  April 21, 2010 in Nation/World Family members of severely wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who forgo jobs and health insurance to provide care for an injured loved one would get relief under a bill unanimously … 4

• The high cost of living

  April 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 Jim Sinnott survived Pearl Harbor, joined his nation in picking up the pieces of that shattered day and helped his generation forge a more secure world for the next. Japanese … 23

• Veterans could get more benefits

  January 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A military review could bring millions of dollars in benefits to thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder. The military has agreed to review …

• Editorial: Finally, military lifts stigma of stress illness

  January 12, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created nearly 1 million veterans and about 20 percent of them are being treated or have been treated for mental health conditions. But … 2

• Obama signs law to OK Walla Walla VA renovation

  November 11, 2009 in Region President Barack Obama has signed a law authorizing the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new outpatient clinic at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla … 2

• Veteran’s handcrafted gate honors his military comrades

  July 18, 2009 in City on Page B3 Greg D. Ridgley’s service in Iraq in 2004 and 2005 left him with post-traumatic stress. Working with raw metal eases the disorder, he said.

• Vet designs cemetery gate as part of therapy

    July 17, 2009 in City Greg D. Ridgley’s service in Iraq in 2004 and 2005 left him with post-traumatic stress. Working with raw metal eases the disorder, he said.

• VA inspections still find flaws

  June 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Fewer than half of Veterans Affairs centers given a surprise inspection last month had proper training and guidelines in place for common endoscopic procedures such as colonoscopies – … 1

• Idaho man pleads guilty to fraud

  April 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 A financial scandal hatched more than 30 years ago by a man who lied about being paralyzed ended this week with a guilty plea that could send him to prison …

• Veterans health proposal dropped

  March 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Wednesday abandoned a controversial plan to make veterans use private insurance to pay for costly treatments of combat-related injuries. Stung by the angry reaction …

• Veterans health care may go private

  March 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering making veterans use private insurance to pay for treatment of combat and service-related injuries. The plan would be an about-face on what veterans …

• VA fraud case allowed to proceed

  March 14, 2009 in City on Page B2 A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against a 58-year-old Spokane man who is accused of pretending to be paralyzed and successfully collecting $1.5 million in monthly payments from …

• Veteran’s death vexes family

  March 1, 2009 in City on Page A1 A North Idaho family blames the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the death of a Navy veteran who killed himself last year amid a sharp increase in suicides among …

• Software glitches put vets at risk

  January 15, 2009 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Committee demanded Wednesday that the VA explain how it allowed software glitches to put the medical care of patients at …

• Veterans exposed to incorrect drug doses

  January 14, 2009 in City, Nation/World, Region WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Committee demanded Wednesday that the VA explain how it allowed software glitches to put the medical care of patients at …

• Idaho man gets prison for defrauding government

  January 8, 2009 in City on Page A6 BOISE – A witness in a 2005 Idaho murder solicitation case will spend a year and a day in federal prison after being found guilty of defrauding the government of …