May 3, 2018:

March 24, 2017: In this week’s Minute With Mike audio clip, Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, discusses his crimes against minors legislation, SB 5813, which would eliminate a common defense for human traffickers: “I didn’t know how old she was.”

March 17, 2017: See Sen. Mike Padden’s special message to the Russian-speaking community of Spokane Valley and Spokane County – with Russian translation. Padden, R-Spokane Valley, notes the important contribution made by the county’s single largest ethnic minority.