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Ordinarily, theres little on which Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Democratic legislature agree but theyre of one mind on protecting education benefits for veterans. They still have to figure out how to control the ever-rising cost.

Changes made in 2019, according to state data, caused the program to explode from $12 million to $65 million a year.

(The Center Square) — A small crowd of veterans and their families gathered at Richmond’s Virginia War Memorial for the annual commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony, which included remarks from Gov.

RICHMOND, Va. — Following his issuance of Executive Directive Seven, which established a task force to address recent changes made by the General Assembly to the Virginia Military Survivors and

After months of partisan combat over different priorities, Virginia lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Monday with no major tax changes, funding boosts for education and mental health and salary increases for teachers and state employees.

(The Center Square) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive directive Thursday to assemble a task force to help address some controversial changes in the state’s latest budget to

The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program has allowed veteran and their dependents to attend public universities in Virginia tuition-free.

The governors task force will address budget changes to a program that pays college tuition and fees for family of military service members killed or severely disabled on active duty.

Unprecedented increases in use of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program prompted changes at the state level.

Advocates for a state program that helped veterans' families be able to afford college are crying foul after changes to it were made in the state budget approved earlier this week.