Sen. David Suetterlein and Trish White-Boyd, a member of the Roanoke City Council, are competing in the new 4th Senate District. They met on stage Thursday night at a forum sponsored by Cardinal News.
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Watch the livestream of the campaign forum with Suetterlein and White-Boyd
The two candidates are seeking the state Senate seat that covers Roanoke, Salem and parts of Montgomery and Roanoke counties.
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Longtime Bristol doctor talks about her new role leading the state’s public health efforts
Dr. Karen Shelton talks about the state’s mental health crisis, the dangerous influx of fentanyl into the region, and how we should be responding to the continuing specter of COVID.
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Unexpected entry of Fariss creates 3-way contest in 51st District race
Incumbent Del. Matt Fariss is running as an independent against Republican Eric Zehr and Democrat Kimberly Moran in the heavily GOP district.
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Attorney general’s office urges delay on skill games prosecutions
The call for a delay, which comes just days after the Virginia Supreme Court reinstated a ban on skill machines, is intended to give business owners time to remove the machines.
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Virginia Supreme Court unexpectedly reinstates ban on ‘skill games’
The lawsuit challenging the state’s ban is still scheduled to go to trial in Greensville County in December.
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Two Virginia Democrats embrace a former Republican governor’s signature policy: Eliminate the car tax
Democrats Lily Franklin and Trish White-Boyd have both called for eliminating the tax. Their Republican opponents, Chris Obenshain and David Suetterlein, say this is just a political ploy.
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Warner urges action against Meta and Google over videos showing murder of Roanoke journalists
One victim’s father has worked for years to have the videos from 2015 taken down.
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New administrator looks to economic development to jumpstart Patrick County
Beth Simms comes to Patrick County from neighboring Franklin County, where she headed economic development efforts.
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Franklin-Obenshain campaign forum now available online
The Cardinal-sponsored event is now available on Blue Ridge PBS’s on-demand streaming channel, ECHO.