veterans

An Assembly-approved bill to help military spouses with out-of-state teaching licenses find work in New Jersey has been advanced by a Senate panel. The legislation would require the State Board of Education to establish a procedure for the issuance of a temporary instructional certificate to a nonresident military spouse.

They made the ultimate sacrifice protecting our freedoms. Now, a national non-profit organization is remembering our soldiers this coming Saturday with an annual ceremony that has been a tradition since the early 1990's.

The State Military and Veterans' Affairs Department says there is help for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who seek to continue their education.

A special job fair was held today to help veterans find employment.

The Senate has sent the White House a bill giving nearly 4 million veterans and survivors a 1.7 percent increase in their monthly benefit payments next year.

A pilot program between the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Helmet to Hardhat Program (NJ-H2H) designed helps former military personnel find jobs in the construction trades has been unanimously approved this morning by the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.

How often do we ask ourselves whether we do enough for returning veterans…especially in light of Veteran’s Day being a month away? As an answer to part of that, a bill is making its way through the legislature that would give preferential treatment in housing choices to veterans...

Do you have a veteran in your family or are friends with one, past or present,  that you are looking to celebrate their years of service in our military? We have a list of Veteran's Day parades and ceremonies in New Jersey to remember all of those who have fought so bravely for our freedom. The events are broken down by county in alphabetical order.

There are about 22,000 unemployed veterans in New Jersey. The state Department of Labor is focused on helping those brave men and women who return home from the military find work.

U.S. Senators Robert Menendez  (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenber (D-NJ) today announced that homeless veterans in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties will be provided with temporary housing.