Meetings to be scheduled for veterans concerns

SPOKANE – Two members of the state’s congressional delegation will hold town hall-styled meetings in October and November relating to veterans.

The meetings will take place in Spokane and Walla Walla; the times, days and days have yet to be announced.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, will join the Department of Veterans Affairs for the public sessions.

The meetings at the request of McMorris Rodgers will provide forums for veterans to voice their concerns about wait times, limited health care access, harm cared by the new electronic health record syst...