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Oklahoma’s Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing another leadership shake-up after Executive Director Greg Slavonic announced his departure from the agency last week.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a low turnout for candidates filing, Congressman Tom Cole's elevation to chairman of the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, and more.
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The VA halted foreclosures after an NPR investigation found thousands of vets were facing foreclosure and it wasn't their fault. Now the VA's unveiling a rescue plan that leaves some out in the cold.
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Oklahoma's Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee is moving forward a plan for opening a new veterans’ home in Sallisaw.
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An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.
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Greg Slavonic will have his interim tag removed as he becomes executive director of Oklahoma veterans' agency.
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Oklahoma's decision to close the center with the aim of mitigating monthly half a million dollar losses, and the siphoning of funds from other veterans services provided to help cover it, means the veterans living in Talihina need to leave a place many thought would be the last stop in their life journeys of service and sacrifice.
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The Talihina veterans home was set to close by October 1, however, plans to close the facility are on hold while the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs works with legislators to find another solution.
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The state Department of Veterans Affairs will close veterans home in Talihina by October, spending around $3.9 million in closing costs.
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Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.