Del. Rasoul prioritizes mental health, utility costs in re-election bid
By Ian Price Roanoke Delegate Sam Rasoul prioritizes issues like mental health, utility costs, and small business support as he seeks...
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Sep 17, 20243 min read
Va. lawmakers prepare to overhaul decades-old school funding formula
By: Nathaniel Cline Virginia lawmakers are carefully examining the state’s 52-year-old funding formula, which determines the funding...
Mar 17, 20243 min read
Lowering the cost of prison phone calls helps families and society
Just a week before the 9/11 terror attacks, The Virginian-Pilot editorial page wrote: “It is not in the state’s interest to gouge the...
Mar 7, 20243 min read
House bills seek to address concerns at state psychiatric hospitals
VPM | By Jahd Khalil Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s budget proposal includes increased mental health funding. A House of Delegates committee...
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Rasoul prepares for key role in Virginia education legislation
Roanoke Delegate Sam Rasoul will soon play a key role in state education matters when he becomes chair of the House Education Committee....
Sep 17, 20233 min read
Workforce woes complicate Catawba Hospital plans
Half a million dollars will help Virginia secure health care partners to run a reimagined Catawba Hospital, as recent overdose data...
Sep 6, 20232 min read
'People need tax relief:' Virginia House of Delegates reconvenes to pass 2023 budget
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The Virginia House of Delegates reconvened on Wednesday to pass amendments to the 2023-2024 biennial state budget....
Aug 23, 202318 min read
Del. Rasoul calls on his party to invest more money in support of Democrats running in rural areas.
When Trudy Berry, the Democratic nominee in Virginia’s 9th Senate District, was denied ballot access for the Nov. 7 election over an...
Jun 10, 20233 min read
Del. Sam Rasoul and others gather at Sen. Mark Warner's Roanoke office to advocate to remove a ...
Afederal appeals court has ordered the Mountain Valley Pipeline not to resume construction in the Jefferson National Forest. Late Monday...
May 10, 20237 min read
Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, had 62% of his bills passed
The Floyd County Republican couldn’t get any bills passed by a Republican House of Delegates. Other Republican delegates with a 0 pass...
Apr 17, 20233 min read
Delegate Rasoul believes prevention starts with providing more help to those with substance use
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)– An American crisis is hitting home. New numbers show Roanoke ranks second in the nation for non-fatal overdoses....
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Virginia House Delegates talk saving you money on energy bills, upcoming election
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The House of Delegates reconvened on Wednesday to vote on the Governor’s amended bills and vetoes. Governor...
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Delegate Sam Rasoul fears requiring Virginia drivers to have insurance could hurt low-income ...
Soon, Virginia drivers may have an extra layer of protection on the roads. The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would require...
Feb 26, 20237 min read
Rasoul’s legislation, which would require industries to test for forever chemicals ...
A carbon filtering system that cleans drinking water at the Spring Hollow reservoir is starting to wear down, elevating levels of a...
Feb 20, 202313 min read
A Bill introduced by Delegate Rasoul, study's whether or not transforming Catawba Hospital ..."
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — A politically divisive General Assembly has been making its way through hundreds of bills during the 2023...
Feb 8, 202317 min read
It’s time for the House and Senate to swap bills. Here’s the legislation that’s survived the divide.
“Anything that can be put off will be put off in an election year,” said a Mary Washington political scientist. From abortion to...
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Del. Rasoul, would be one obvious Democratic contender for Senate District 4 ...
Little recent attention has been paid thus far to a big change in Western Virginia’s political landscape as a result of decennial...
Jan 28, 20232 min read
Delegate Rasoul sponsors a bill that requires teachers, staff, and administrators to be paid ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Under a bill now advancing through the Virginia House, the state would re-evaluate its so-far unfulfilled...
Jan 25, 20238 min read
House panel to consider transforming Catawba Hospital into substance use treatment center
A new study by the state backs the proposal by Del. Sam Rasoul to turn the Catawba Hospital into a state-of-the-art campus for substance...
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Del. Sam Rasoul speaks out on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — As the women's march on Washington marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark ruling of Roe vs. Wade in 1973,...
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