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Newsom Takes Aim at Veterans ‘Claim Sharks’ as He Signs Law Banning Fees For Help With VA

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A booming industry that charges veterans for help in obtaining the benefits they earned through military service must shut down or dramatically change its business model in California by the end of the year under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed today. The law prohibits […]

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Huffman’s Flag Ban Rises from the Ashes

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs announced yesterday that it will ban the flying of Confederate flags in national cemeteries. The announcement comes exactly two months after House Republicans voted to remove legislation sponsored by Representative Jared Huffman that would accomplish similar a similar end from a VA appropriations bill.  The new policy set forth by […]

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