Holyoke Soldiers' Home

A federal judge has approved a nearly $58 million settlement in a case involving the deaths of dozens of military veterans who contracted COVID-19 at a Massachusetts veterans home. The settlement was approved Monday by a judge in U.S. District Court in Springfield. The coronavirus outbreak at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke in the spring of 2020 took the lives of 84 residents.

Group will champion interests of military veterans

While visiting Berkshire County on Tuesday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker continued to make misleading statements about the 2020 Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 outbreak that killed around 80 veterans.

Changes are in response to 2020 deadly COVID outbreak

84 veterans died in the outbreak, 84 survived.

A report from the Massachusetts Inspector General raises more questions about the appointment in 2016 of Bennett Walsh to run the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

There are several key differences between Senate and House-passed legislation

Wistariahurst and Holyoke Veterans' Services collaborate on project

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced her office will appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss all criminal charges against two former administrators at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where at least 76 veterans died last year in a COVID-19 outbreak.

No "reasonably trustworthy evidence" that officials' actions harmed veterans