veterans

Black vets fought overseas but returned home to segregation — which made it harder for them to benefit from the GI Bill. Some in Congress hope to remedy that injustice.

Some election officials are sending the call out to high school students, veterans and lawyers to help staff the elections. But COVID and the political climate are making it harder to recruit.

The legislation will help veterans get disability payments without having to prove their illness was the result of their service. Other health care services will be expanded as well.

The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage.

From abortion and the right to marry to voting rights and racial inequality, some of America's service members and veterans are concerned their Constitutional rights are under attack.

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several bills in an effort to help people who serve in the military get jobs or advance their education once they leave their service.

Vikki and Mark Pier used to regularly travel to Arlington National Cemetery to visit their son's final resting place. But due to health issues, they have been unable to visit for the past four years.

We speak with Rep. Daniel Perez (R) from Miami-Dade County about the upcoming special session this week. Plus, an FAU program looks to help veterans by connecting them to a four-legged friend. Finally, HistoryMiami Museum's Jorge Zamanillo reflects on his time in Miami before taking the helm of a brand new national Latino museum in Washington D.C.

The Wounded Warrior Project, based in Jacksonville, said the $15 million grant is the largest individual contribution in its history. It will got toward services for veterans who became ill or wounded after 9/11.

President Biden is urging Congress to send a burn-pits bill to his desk.

The bill would open up federal health care benefits to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service.