Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis will step down at the end of this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday.
Ivey had called for Davis to resign last week because of what she described as mishandling of applications for federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Davis called the governor’s claims inaccurate and declined to resign. Ivey scheduled a meeting for Tuesday of the State Board of Veterans Affairs, which she chairs, to ask the board to fire Davis.
During a meeting Monday with Ivey and her senior staff, Davis agreed to resign effective Dec. 31, 2024, the governor’s office said in a press release.
“Caring for our country’s veterans is something I have been passionate about throughout my life, and especially throughout my tenure as lieutenant governor and now as governor,” Ivey said in a statement. “Alabama veterans are a priority for the Ivey Administration, and we cannot let anything…
