Legislative Agenda/Bills by VFW MA

Adjutant Fernandez - 3/27/2023

Please take not of the following bills and items we are lobbying for and tracking through the Statehouse. Phone calls, emails, and face to face conversations are encouraged to all of your State Legislatures...

SD 1591 is now S1882.  Property tax relief for service-connected disabled Veterans aged 65 and over.  (Veterans 10% to 100%, will receive a property tax relief commensurate with disability rating).

SD808 is now S2338.  Tax Abatements for Disabled Veterans and Gold Star families.

SD164 is now S2356.  An act to increase the annual annuity for 100% disabled veterans and Gold Star families from $2000.00 to $3000.00

S-2321.  Chapter 115 Benefits, already filed under H3143, making Ch. 115 Benefits not taxable by the Commonwealth, presently this benefit is taxed and causes hardships to the Veterans getting this Housing Assistance.

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Memorial Day Flag Garden- Volunteer Info

Home Base and Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund invite you to help create Boston’s iconic Memorial Day Flag Garden tribute. Each of the 37,000+ American flags planted at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument this Memorial Day will represent every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War. The completed garden is a breathtaking tribute to the true meaning of Memorial Day and a powerful message of community support to the families of these fallen heroes that their sacrifices will never be forgotten. We literally need all the hands we can get to create this display.

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Memorial Day Flag Garden- Volunteer Info

Home Base and Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund invite you to help create Boston’s iconic Memorial Day Flag Garden tribute. Each of the 37,000+ American flags planted at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument this Memorial Day will represent every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War. The completed garden is a breathtaking tribute to the true meaning of Memorial Day and a powerful message of community support to the families of these fallen heroes that their sacrifices will never be forgotten. We literally need all the hands we can get to create this display.

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VFW Honors the Nation's Gulf War Veterans

WASHINGTON - More than three decades later, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) continues to pay tribute to the nearly 700,000 mili...

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Country Music Superstar Joins VFW in Asking America to 'Return the Favor'

Kansas City, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) alongside John Rich and his Redneck Riviera brand announced today a new oppo...

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