In an 84-13 vote Monday morning, the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Drew MacEwen to delink standardized tests from high school graduation requirements. It’s a proposal MacEwen has championed before. In 2017, he introduced similar legislation that was approved three separate times in the...

This past Friday was policy committee cutoff, the first major deadline of the 2019 session. All policy bills that did not advance out of their respective policy committees are now considered "dead" unless deemed necessary to implement the budget.

Before I get to some of the bills I’ve introduced this session, I first wanted to recognize the incredible small business owners who stormed the Capitol last Monday to defend their livelihoods. In case you missed it, hair stylists and cosmetologists came by the hundreds to protest two Democrat-sponsored bills,...

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, provides information about the House supplemental operating budget proposal, expressing disappointment with its overreliance on tax increases. He also shares information about his telephone town hall event scheduled for Monday, Feb. 26.

A bill sponsored by Rep. Drew MacEwen to change high school assessment and graduation requirements was signed into law by the governor Friday.

Although we still have more work to do before we adjourn sine die, the Legislature finally adopted a 2017-19 operating budget on Friday after 172 days of session. There are many things to like in the $43.7 billion budget, including the fact it's probably the most bipartisan spending plan I've...

In a 94-0 vote Tuesday, the House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Drew MacEwen that would change testing requirements for high school graduation to enable more students to graduate on time.

Rep. Drew MacEwen provides a legislative email update. Topics include the upcoming special session, Navy Appreciation Day and the House Page Program.

Rep. Drew MacEwen provides a short update on the 2017 legislative session and introduces foreign exchange students Monika and Hanna, who recently served in the House Page Program.