Operating Budget

April 18, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen: Meet Monika Motyka and Hanna Bluem

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.
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April 05, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen discusses internet privacy on KMAS

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, touches on the Internet privacy protection bill, summarizing the measure and sharing his stance. MacEwen also shares his role at the Legislature as session is nearing end, and goes in-depth on certain aspects of the budget such as taxes and funding priorities.
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March 30, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen’s Legislative Update: March 30, 2017

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...
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March 29, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen expresses frustration with the budget process on KMAS

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, expresses his frustration with partisan tactics used by House Democrats in the release of their budget and what upcoming negotiations could look like on KMAS radio.
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March 22, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen details the Senate budget plan on KMAS

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, is on KMAS iFiberOne with Jeff Slakey, explaining the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus's budget proposal and some of his thoughts on specific aspects of the budget he agrees and disagrees with. These include property taxes, local levies, and adequately funding education. Rep. MacEwen also shares some...
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March 15, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen discusses legislation on KMAS to create a new children and family agency

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, discusses a legislation that would create a new agency that would help children and families. MacEwen also talks about his time meeting and greeting constituents and gives  insight on the budget negotiations.
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March 10, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen’s Legislative Update: March 10, 2017

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....
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February 13, 2017

MacEwen introduces legislation to provide B&O tax relief to hundreds of thousands of business owners

Rep. Drew MacEwen has introduced House Bill 2068, which would provide business and occupation (B&O) tax relief for most of the 360,000 businesses in the state that currently pay the tax.
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February 08, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen discusses the new budget proposals and funding education

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.
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