Governor issues executive order for application of veterans home The Leavenworth Times State legislators from Leavenworth County have sponsored bills calling on the director of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office to apply for federal funding for the construction of a veterans home in northeast Kansas. But those bills are moot after the governor issued an executive order calling for such an application. Gov. Laura Kelly issued Executive Order No. 21-07 on Tuesday. The order states the director of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office “shall submit an initial application to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs” for a grant for the construction of a state veterans home in northeast Kansas. The order calls for the application to be submitted by April 15, 2022.