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What’s the Incentive for Anyone Good to Run?
What a time to be alive! It’s in times like these that both journalistic and political careers are forged. Oh, how I remember reading George Smalley’s dispatch from the Battle of Antietam! Or how eager I was for the latest installment of what...

Iowa ranks 38th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Iowa ranked 38th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 1,079 loans issued, according to the...

Colorado ranks 7th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Colorado ranked seventh in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,183 loans issued,...

Alaska ranks 37th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Alaska ranked 37th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 738 loans issued, according...

Virginia ranks 4th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Virginia ranked fourth in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 8,715 loans issued,...

Montana ranks 41st in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Montana ranked 41st in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 653 loans issued, according to the...

Kansas ranks 36th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kansas ranked 36th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 1,460 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Vermont ranks 51st in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Vermont ranked 51st in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 168 loans issued, according to the...

Missouri ranks 16th in total VA home loans during Q1
Missouri ranked 16th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 3,306 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Maria Ayuyu receives accounting degree from Bentley University
JOSE and Marcia Ayuyu proudly announce the graduation of their youngest daughter, Maria Pilar Kanako Erra Ayuyu. Maria received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting from Bentley University on May 17, 2025. The private university, located in...

North Dakota ranks 49th in total VA home loans during Q1
North Dakota ranked 49th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 371 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Mississippi ranks 35th in total VA home loans during Q1
Mississippi ranked 35th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 1,487 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Washington State ranks 8th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Washington ranked eighth in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,118 loans issued,...

Rhode Island ranks 48th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Rhode Island ranked 48th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 264 loans issued,...

Nevada ranks 15th in total VA home loans during Q1
Nevada ranked 15th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 2,193 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Michigan ranks 20th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Michigan ranked 20th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 2,892 loans issued, according...

Louisiana ranks 33rd in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Louisiana ranked 33rd in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 1,662 loans issued, according to...

US Missile Defense Agency Awards Lockheed Martin $3 Billion Aegis BMD Contract
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (LM RMS) a sole-source 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at approximately $ 3 billion to continue serving as the Combat...

South Carolina ranks 12th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov South Carolina ranked 12th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,599 loans issued,...

Landlord may dismiss case against SiFA as Tiyan campus move-out nears completion
The unlawful detainer case filed by Eagle Land Holdings LLC against its former tenant, Science is Fun and Awesome Learning Academy Charter School, or SiFA, may soon come to a close. Eagle Land's attorney, Jon Ramos, said Thursday, during a status...