Mike Padden

Sen. Mike Padden will devote the Senate Law and Justice Committee’s Jan. 29 meeting to public hearings on the two gun-rights initiatives before the Legislature. His panel will begin taking testimony about Initiative 591 and Initiative 594 at 1:30 p.m. that day in Senate Hearing Room 1. Padden, R-Spokane Valley,...

Washington State’s 4th District Senator Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, talks about the 2014 March for Life held annually on the steps of the state capitol building, as well as the effort in recent sessions to pass a bill mandating that insurance companies that provide maternity coverage also provide abortion coverage.

Of the 45 states that allow felony charges for those accused of driving under the influence, none is more lenient than Washington; Sen. Mike Padden’s effort to change that dangerous distinction received strong support during a Senate committee hearing today. Padden, architect of the sweeping anti-DUI legislation Washington lawmakers adopted...

Two Spokane-area residents are working at the Capitol during the 2014 legislative session as members of Sen. Mike Padden’s legislative team. Daniel Zapotocky is Padden’s aide for this year’s session; as a Gonzaga University student he had served an internship with another Eastern Washington senator in 2012. Daniel Condon, an...

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has named Sen. Mike Padden “Legislator of the Year” in recognition of his recent drive to strengthen state laws against driving under the influence. “The improvements the Legislature made this year by passing my bill were a long time coming,” said Padden, R-Spokane Valley, who as...

A Vancouver-based organization at the forefront of global efforts to eradicate sex-trafficking has given Washington’s Legislature its highest marks. Shared Hope International today announced Washington now rates an “A” grade in light of stronger anti-trafficking laws created by the Legislature earlier this year. That’s one step up from the state’s...

Sen. Mike Padden today voted in favor of the pro-aerospace measures that prompted a quick special session of the state Legislature. Before doing so, however, the Spokane Valley Republican made a bid to give other Washington employers the same level of legislative consideration. “The same factors that drive up the...

Sen. Mike Padden is bringing the Senate Law and Justice Committee to Spokane for a public meeting Nov. 12. Padden, R-Spokane Valley, encourages area residents to come and participate as his committee continues leading the Legislature’s battle against the sex-trafficking industry in Washington. The Senate panel will meet from 1:30...

SPOKANE VALLEY… Sen. Mike Padden invites Liberty Lake and Greenacres residents to come and talk with him Saturday, Nov. 16 at a pair of area coffee shops. “There’s nothing like sitting down over a cup of coffee and listening to questions, ideas and concerns from the people I serve. It’ll...