Lorna Thackeray’s story on veterans and the VFW was interesting, but your reporter didn’t get all of the reasons Vietnam veterans didn’t join the VFW after they returned home. The ...

Lawmakers rejected an amendment to the GOP’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” proposed by Sen. Susan Collins aimed at keeping rural hospitals open. Sen. Collins called for doubling proposed funding for ...

While her amendment for the fund was rejected, the provision was inserted into the final bill. Still she voted no. The Maine senator said she’s happy the bolstered funding was added, “but my ...