Veteran's Affairs

Vaccines will be mandatory for physicians, dentists, optometrists, nurses, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals who work with veterans.

Louisiana's senior senator will be hosting the veteran's conference at the LITE Center Thursday at 10 a.m.

U.S. Senate candidate and Congressman Charles Boustany touches upon the VA system, the Gulf's oil and gas industry and fraudulent welfare payments.

Congressman Charles Boustany speaks with KPEL about a new bill that should help ease a $788-million backlog of emergency claims.

A Veterans Affairs nursing assistant is set to go to trial Monday for the death of a 70-year-old psychiatric patient.

Federal officials in charge of the veterans health care system in Louisiana did not attend the hearing.

Obama said he accepted the resignation with regret.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter said "our patience is running thin" and "we shouldn't be waiting around for a year for a full review" into allegations of scheduling problems at Veterans Affairs clinics in Arizona during which several veterans died while waiting for treatment.

Our panelists discuss problems at the Veterans Affairs Department as well as the Lafayette Parish School Board's $16 million budget shortfall.

The office that helps military veterans in East Baton Rouge Parish has moved into a new home.

The former site of Our Lady of Lourdes is on the market for $36 million, but the VA is not the only group looking into buying the property.

A Breaux Bridge woman is in jail, charged with taking advantage of a veteran to the tune of $6500.