A state lawmaker who’s been working hard to get repeat drunk drivers off the road can’t believe a D-U-I bill he championed died in the Legislature. Tracy Ellis reports.
Sen. John Braun on KELA radio’s Let’s Talk About It program discussing law enforcement’s ability to pursue criminals, penalties for hard drug possession, lowering the limit for DUIs, sex predator siting, housing, homelessness, fuel price increases from “Cap and Tax”...
Senator Mike Padden on 920 News Now with Dave Spencer talking about his bills related to making hard drug possession a felony again, stiffening penalties against jail and prison guards who sexually abuse inmates, and drinking and driving.
A repeat offender convicted of killing his girlfriend in a DUI crash when he should've been in prison should be spending the rest of his life in prison. However, he’ll be resentenced after state lawmakers changed the three-strikes rule.
Strengthening the state’s felony-DUI law is the aim of a bill that passed unanimously in the state Senate. Tracy Ellis has details.
Senator Mike Padden on 920 News Now with Teresa Lukens and Dave Spencer talking about anti-police bills and his DUI legislation.
Senator Mike Padden on 920 News Now with Kris Siebers and Teresa Lukens talking about state budgets, an income tax on capital gains, and his felony DUI lookback bill. https://soundcloud.com/kxly-920/04202021-wa-legilative-session-senator-mike-padden
Getting repeat DUI offenders off the roads is the goal of a bill that passed in the State Senate today (Mon). Tracy Ellis reports.
In January, the Legislature must make a fourth DUI a felony. By Mike Padden Special to The Times AFTER 176 days of work, state lawmakers passed a historic budget that lowers tuition for the first time, puts record amounts of funding into basic education and makes...
