The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.

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Evergreen Health Care has been awarded a one-year, $485,000 contract with the VA Maryland Health Care System to provide primary care for up to 1,000 veterans who would otherwise face lengthy delays in getting medical appointments.

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The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs is asking for $17.6 billion to address the systemic problems that led to major backlogs and the wait-list scandal at its health facilities. VA Acting Secretary Sloan D. Gibson told Congress yesterday that his ...

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Local businesses and companies are asking what they can do to express their gratitude to our veterans. One of the best ways to do that is to hire them.

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Washington’s Union Station has signed a three-year contract with Herndon, Va.-based Washington Gas Energy Services to receive 100 percent of its electricity from wind power. Previously, the railroad station received 50 percent of its electricity from WGES CleanSteps WindPower. Under ...

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Greenbelt workers’ compensation attorney Benjamin T. Boscolo finds one great irony in his legal fight with the Washington Redskins over whether Maryland or Virginia has jurisdiction to compensate his clients, two former Redskins players, for their on-the-field injuries. The District ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate’s religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled. William Couch, ...

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