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Video: Veterans' Tuition Benefit Largely Unchanged in House

After months of debate over how to rein in the growing costs associated with the Hazlewood Act – the state’s tuition benefits program for veterans and their dependents – it appears as though it will largely stay the same.

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After months of debate over how to rein in the growing costs associated with the Hazlewood Act – the state’s tuition benefits program for veterans and their dependents – it appears as though it will largely stay the same. On Sunday, lawmakers in the House voted only to tweak the residency requirement.

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