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Seattle already has passed 2022 homicide total – with three months left Seattle already has passed 2022 homicide total – with three months left
Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers September 28, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, In recent years, a glaring example of how our state’s crime problem has worsened is the rise in homicides in Seattle and King County. On...
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Pain at the pump grows Pain at the pump grows
Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers September 12, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Throughout this year, drivers around our state have been forced to pay much more for gasoline than in nearly every other state, with the notable...
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No state worse than WA for jump in drug-overdose deaths No state worse than WA for jump in drug-overdose deaths
Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers Aug. 24, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Let’s hear it for firefighters, others battling area wildfires Dear friends and neighbors, Over the past week, firefighters and others have heroically battled two wildfires in parts of Spokane...
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Padden says Washington’s drug-overdose crisis is now among worst in U.S.
Padden says Washington’s drug-overdose crisis is now among worst in U.S.
New statistics from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Washington’s fatal drug-overdose situation is even grimmer than a month ago, says Sen. Mike Padden, the lead Republican on the Senate Law and Justice Committee. For the third straight month, the CDC has issued a report that finds...
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