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Padden to hold 4th District telephone town hall Monday, March 20 State Sen. Mike Padden is inviting 4th Legislative District residents to take part in a telephone town hall on Monday, March 20, from 6 to 7 p.m. Invitations to participate will go out just ahead of time via automated phone calls throughout the district, which includes Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake... Read More...
Padden statement on Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 5536 The Senate last night voted 28-21 to pass Senate Bill 5536, which aims to provide a long-term solution to the state’s drug laws after the state Supreme Court overturned the state’s drug-possession law in 2021. The bill declares that possession of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine would be charged as... Read More...