Members of the state Senate Law and Justice Committee will take up a mix of criminal-justice and business-law issues – and revisit a constitutional question – when they come to Spokane Valley for an afternoon work session Oct. 2. “It isn’t easy for people from our area to travel to...

I greatly value the opportunity to hear directly from you about the issues that matter most to you and your family. That is why I would like to extend the following invitation: Please join me for coffee and conversation ~ Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Beck’s Harvest...

Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley and chairman of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, offered this statement following today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that certain corporations may claim religious-freedom protections. “For the second week in a row the court has found that the Obama administration overreached its authority. Today’s ruling...

The two sides in a recent whistleblower complaint concerning the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner are expected to come before a state Senate committee Monday afternoon, in their first public appearance since the complaint began making headlines in May. Sen. Mike Padden, chair of the Senate Law and Justice...

SPOKANE VALLEY — State Sen. Mike Padden receives the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s top public-service award from John M. Moffat, administrator of the federal agency’s regions 9 and 10. Padden, a Spokane Valley Republican serving Washington’s 4th Legislative District, had been unable to attend the 32nd annual Lifesavers conference...

Sen. Mike Padden, Chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, announced today that the interim committee work session scheduled for June 16 will now include a discussion of the independence of hearings officers at state agencies. The topic was added in response to a recent whistleblower complaint filed by...

Sen. Mike Padden is inviting residents of the 4th Legislative District to come and visit with him over coffee in Spokane Valley on Tuesday, June 3. He’ll be at the Forza Coffee Company, 325 S. Sullivan Rd., from 5 to 7 p.m. Because of limited seating Padden asks that people...

The Family Policy Institute of Washington has honored Sen. Mike Padden for consistently standing up at the state Capitol for matters of conscience regardless of the political environment. At its 2014 annual dinner Friday the Lynnwood-based organization recognized Padden’s efforts with its annual William Wilberforce Statesmanship Award. Wilberforce, a Christian...

Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley and chairman of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, offered this statement on Justice Jim Johnson’s final day as a member of the state Supreme Court: “Justice Johnson has served the people of Washington well. I wish he felt up to finishing out the nearly...