State Senator Janis Ringhand of Evansville is taking aim at what she calls a raid by Governor Walker’s Department of Veteran Affairs of veteran nursing homes.
Governor Walker is planning to use 18.6 million dollars from veteran nursing homes, which have recently experienced a surplus, to fund the ailing Veterans Trust Fund.
During the last biennium, 12 million dollars was transferred to the Veterans Trust Fund to cover its 6 million dollar deficit.
Ringhand says the state legislature has virtually no control over the the Veterans Trust Fund financial issues.
Ringhand says she currently is taking a wait and see approach to see whether her constituents feel it necessary to demand further action.
