As Yogi Berra once famously said, "It's like déjà vu all over again." As they did in the 2015 session, House Democrats have released an operating budget proposal that calls for billions in new taxes, massive spending increases, and puts more money into the state's regressive levy system. The fact...

It's been a busy month so far, as we've spent much of the past 10 days on the House floor voting on bills — more than 300 in total. Now that house of origin cutoff has passed, bills that were approved by the House head to the Senate, and vice-versa....

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, speaks with KMAS' Jeff Slakey about the upcoming house of origin cutoff, as well as his legislation to de-link the state tests from graduation requirements.

The House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would remove the requirement that high school students pass end-of-course assessments in order to graduate. John Sattgast reports from Olympia.

In a 92-6 vote Monday, the House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, to delink state tests from high school graduation requirements.

Last Friday marked our first major deadline of the session — policy committee cutoff. This means non-fiscal bills that did not pass out of committee are now considered "dead" for the year unless deemed necessary to implement the budget (NTIB) or necessary to pass the budget (NTPB). Bills with these...

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, talks with iFiberOne’s Jeff Slakey about the McCleary education funding bills from the House and Senate, and the process going forward to reach a single compromise agreement.

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, goes in depth about finalizing the budget while incorporating funding for the McCleary decision, and what that means for him and his committee. Also talks about his bill concerning end of course testing.

In late December, Gov. Inslee released an $8.7 billion tax package to solve the final piece of the McCleary puzzle. Since then, it’s been a waiting game to see when a more realistic proposal would be put on the table since there's no appetite among Washingtonians for massive new tax...