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Boise, Idaho – The Idaho State House today overwhelmingly approved a bill which helps restore constitutional, sound money in the Gem State. State representatives voted...

The White House will put at least $200 million in grant funding towards bolstering STEM and Computer Science education “particularly among historically underserved groups,” the administration announced Monday.

It’s a long-running talking point spouted by Trump administration members and the president himself: Undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from black and Hispanic Americans.

More than 21 million of our fellow citizens now carry the title of “veteran.” Since 2001, almost 3 million of those veterans have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and more than a million have deployed more than once.

Veterans voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by a 2-to-1 margin back in November. But a couple of changes that the new administration has underway are likely to put a particular squeeze on former service members' health care.

The House easily approved a series of veterans-related bills on Tuesday, most notably catch-all legislation addressing everything from healthcare access to homelessness.

Local homeless veterans may soon have an opportunity to get into transitional housing.

Martha Everatt St. Pierre said she was researching ways to help her homeless veteran brother when she realized there were no places for homeless female veterans and their children. She hopes the organization she founded in 2014 becomes that place.

First lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden announced Thursday that more than 50 companies have pledged to hire and train veterans and military spouses in conjunction with their Joining Forces initiative to help support veterans and their families.

Earlier this year, San Antonio city leaders pledged to have all homeless veterans off the streets by Thursday. While they did not provide KSAT any specific numbers Thursday about how many veterans are still on the streets, some homeless veterans say they're still waiting for help.

First Lady Michelle Obama recently released a video, calling on landlords across the country to rent out vacant spaces to homeless veterans.

After 22 years of service, Johnnel Jones was thinking about life after the military. But for the retired Sergeant First Class, his 2008 departure from the Army didn't have a clear next step.

Texas lawmakers on Sunday opted to water down a major attempt to reduce the rising costs of a program offering free college tuition to veterans’ children, relenting amid criticism that cutting the benefits too deeply wouldn’t be fair to those who sacrifice so much.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced a new public-private partnership to construct new housing for formerly homeless veterans and families in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.

The Oklahoma Senate last week sent the House two bills designed to benefit veterans and their families.

The House of Representatives passed the first piece of legislation of the 114th Congress on Wednesday, the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 (H.R. 22), with overwhelming bipartisan support.