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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...
Nov 13, 20241 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...
Sep 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 17, 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...
Mar 7, 20243 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....
Dec 17, 20231 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 17, 20233 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....
Sep 6, 20232 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...
Aug 23, 202318 min read
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