Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers December 10, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Unfortunately, Washington has ranked high nationally in several categories of crime in recent years. One crime is auto theft.  A story posted last week by...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers November 1, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, The lack of safety on our roads and highways continues to be a serious crisis in Washington. Traffic fatalities remain at a record high, based...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers October 17, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Twice a year, the vast majority of Americans are forced to move their clocks forward (in March) or backward (this year it will take place...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers October 2, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Previously, in an earlier e-newsletter, it was mentioned that the state Supreme Court is considering a controversial proposal from the Washington State Bar Association to...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers September 19, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Public safety relies on key factors, including having a sufficient number of law-enforcement officers to apprehend suspects and a legal system that includes enough attorneys...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers August 1, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, It is critical for our state to have an electric power supply that is reliable and large enough to meet Washington’s growing population and energy...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers June 18, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Area landscapers, home builders and others who plant shrubs are invited to attend a free pollinator-habitat workshop on Tuesday, June 25, that the Spokane Conservation...

Today marks the day when Initiative 2113, which restores police pursuits in Washington, goes into effect. State Sen. Mike Padden said the initiative, which was approved by the Legislature last March, should results in fewer traffic deaths in the state. “Washington state is experiencing an increase in fatal and serious-injury...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Padden’s subscribers May 30, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Throughout my combined 28 years as a state legislator (15 sessions in the House from 1981 to 1995 and the past 13 sessions in the...