Operating Budget

February 19, 2020

Rep. MacEwen joins IFiberOne NewsRadio to discuss school funding and utility transparency

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, joins IFiberOne NewsRadio’s Jeff Slakey to discuss his bill regarding funding for non-high school districts. Additionally, the 35th District lawmaker explains a colleague’s bill that would increase transparency through utility tax disclosures.
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February 10, 2020

Rep. MacEwen joins KVI’s Kirby Wilbur to discuss the 2020 legislative session

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, joins KVI’s Kirby Wilbur to discuss a couple of bills passed by House Democrats this session that would hit Washington families and businesses hard. The 35th District lawmaker also provides an update on the status of legislation regarding $30 car tabs, comprehensive K-12 sex education, and...
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February 08, 2020

Majority approves bills that would increase gas prices, raise taxes

Unfortunately, the majority has spent the first four weeks of this year’s 60-day legislative session passing bills that would hit Washington families and businesses hard. Last week, they brought a bill to the floor (House Bill 1110) that would impose a low-carbon fuel standard mandate on fuel suppliers. The mandate...
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February 07, 2020

Rep. MacEwen speaks out against Democrats’ B&O tax increase

Rep. Drew MacEwen speaks out against ESSB 6492, which would expand an existing B&O tax increase to roughly 4,400 more businesses in Washington state. These businesses provide jobs to more than 465,000 Washingtonians.
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January 29, 2020

Rep. MacEwen discusses the Democrats’ pay-per-mile tax proposal

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, chats with iFiberOne NewsRadio hosts Spencer Hughes and Jeff Slakey about the status of his sports gambling legislation. The 35th District lawmaker also evaluates the Democrats’ pay-per-mile tax proposal and its potential impact on Washingtonians.
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January 22, 2020

Rep. MacEwen joins KMAS to discuss $30 car tabs and sports betting

In week two of the 2020 legislative session, Rep. Drew MacEwen, R- Union, talks with KMAS’s Jeff Slakey about the latest from Olympia. Topics include: recent pro-life and pro-Second Amendment rallies at the Capitol, transportation budget negotiations to facilitate $30 car tabs, the potential impact of legalizing sports betting in...
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January 18, 2020

Week one of this year’s 60-day legislative session is in the books

Thank you for subscribing to my legislative email updates. Topics in this update include: House Republican priorities for this session Survey question: Should the Legislature legalize sports betting in Washington state? Weekly interview on iFIBEROne News Radio Continuing to keep a record of my legislative meetings Contacting me As another...
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November 30, 2019

Your responses to my 2020 legislative priorities survey

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I’m sending this email update out tonight because starting tomorrow, all legislators will be under election-year restrictions. That means I won’t be able to send you any more email updates until the start of the 2020 session on Jan. 13. However, I will...
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November 15, 2019

Take my legislative priorities survey!

In preparation for the 2020 session, lawmakers will be heading back to Olympia next week for Committee Assembly days. During these two days, committees will be meeting to receive briefings on some of the most pressing issues facing our state, and then discussing potential solutions. Our caucus will also be...
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