Advertise with Googlier.com vets | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg vets | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Letter to the Editor: Large-animal veterinarians important to state https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/03/24/letter-to-the-editor-large-animal-veterinarians-important-to-state/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/03/24/letter-to-the-editor-large-animal-veterinarians-important-to-state/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:56:39 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=94738 Thank you for bringing attention to the shortage of food animal veterinarians in Arizona in your article on March 10. This is an important issue that Midwestern University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Glendale is working to address.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/03/24/letter-to-the-editor-large-animal-veterinarians-important-to-state/feed/ 0 94738 Officials: Valley agencies close to eliminating chronic homelessness among vets https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/13/officials-phoenix-arizona-agencies-close-to-eliminating-chronic-homelessness-among-vets/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/13/officials-phoenix-arizona-agencies-close-to-eliminating-chronic-homelessness-among-vets/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:51:03 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64769 By Jan. 1, housing agencies will have found homes for the last 56 chronically homeless veterans in the Valley, making it the first metropolitan area in the country to accomplish this, advocates say.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/13/officials-phoenix-arizona-agencies-close-to-eliminating-chronic-homelessness-among-vets/feed/ 0 64769 Shutdown can’t keep Arizona vets from visiting World War II Memorial https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/08/federal-government-shutdown-cant-keep-arizona-vets-from-visiting-world-war-ii-memorial/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/08/federal-government-shutdown-cant-keep-arizona-vets-from-visiting-world-war-ii-memorial/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:18:36 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63776 A government shutdown could not keep 77 southern Arizona veterans from seeing “their” World War II Memorial Monday.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/08/federal-government-shutdown-cant-keep-arizona-vets-from-visiting-world-war-ii-memorial/feed/ 1 63776 Community support and legislation fight unemployment among post-9/11 vets https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/25/community-support-and-legislation-fight-unemployment-among-post-911-vets/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/25/community-support-and-legislation-fight-unemployment-among-post-911-vets/#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:34:20 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=52397 As a post-9/11 veteran, Enyart is part of a group that had a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as of September, well above the overall unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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