Bipartisan legislation would establish a special pay rate for employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons until the agency ...

Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

Optometrists in the Department of Veterans Affairs, as of this year, are paid on par with physicians — between $124,308 and ...

Veterans have 12 months from the date on their VA decision letter to file an appeal with the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs processed over 2 million disability claims in 2025, breaking records for speed. Average processing time dropped to 132 days, down from 141 days at the start of the ...

The raise varies by a veteran's disability rating. Good news for veterans: VA disability pay will increase with a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026. Following a recent VA benefits update, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — From July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, landlords in Virginia filed nearly 140,000 eviction lawsuits, a number State Senator Aaron Rouse (D-Virginia Beach) wants to see ...

Federal workers were guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. Some at the National Park Service are still waiting. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington As many as 100 seasonal workers ...

METHUEN — Not only are seven retired high-ranking police officers not entitled to retroactive pay, they owe the city a combined $266,263.40, according to a recent filing by city attorneys. The city ...

President Trump signed the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, on November 12, 2025. In addition to ...

IRS employees will see the majority of their back pay by November 19, 2025. After the recent federal government shutdown, thousands of workers went weeks without pay. The Internal Revenue Service has ...

ATLANTA — Now that the longest federal government shutdown in United States history has ended, employees of the U.S. government are able to go back to work. While federal workers impacted by the ...