Veterans Court

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a list of vetoes last week as he signed the state’s budget into law. One of the local programs affected by the cuts is the newly established Santa Rosa County Veterans Court. The program has lost a full-time position and is running on a “shoestring” to keep serving veterans.

Early last summer, Escambia County established a Veterans Court where vets who got in trouble with the law could try to get their lives straightened out…

Veterans and active military personnel who get in trouble with the law now have a new venue in Escambia County. Judge Edward Nickinson, a state Circuit…