This week we kick off our annual series of Year-in-Review shows with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. In a full-hour conversation, the Commissioner, Brad Lindsey walks us through the major accomplishments of 2025 and lays out priorities for 2026, including:

• Three new State Veterans Homes now open and serving residents in Preston, Montevideo, and Bemidji
• Minnesota reaching functional zero on veteran homelessness in nine of ten continuums of care (only Ramsey County remains)
• Community Health Navigators deployed to hospitals statewide as part of expanded suicide-prevention efforts
• Launch of a new veteran food-insecurity program in partnership with Disabled American Veterans and the Minnesota Veterans Food Pantry
• Continued aggressive hiring and in-house training for healthcare staff at all eight veterans homes. Click here to learn more
• The official State Veterans Day ceremony now rotating to different regions of Minnesota each year