The Washington Legislature has reignited one of the state’s longest-running political debates this session with a proposal to tax high-income earnings for the first time, pairing a new state income tax on millionaires with a contentious “necessity clause” that could limit voters’ ability to challenge the law at the ballot...

  Senate Republican Deputy Leader Drew MacEwen called on his colleagues to adopt the budget proposal unveiled by Senate Republicans today, saying it is proof that state lawmakers can adopt a new two-year operating budget that is better for education, protects our state’s most vulnerable citizens, and invests in public...

Sen. MacEwen is holding a telephone town hall on February 22 from 7 to 8 p.m. The telephone town hall is a great way for residents in the 35th legislative district to connect and engage with their state lawmakers. During the one-hour telephone town hall, Sen. MacEwen will listen to...

Lane Stoney and Sen. Drew MacEwen OLYMPIA, WASH. – Lane Stoney, a 10th grader from Shelton High School, spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Stoney was one of 13 students who served as a Senate page for the third...

SRC On Air | Jan. 15, 2024 Sen. Drew MacEwen talks with Jake Skorheim on KIRO radio about his bill to strengthen penalties for unlawfully obstructing traffic that was prompted by the recent shutdown of I-5 in Seattle. #waleg   Listen Here

SRC On Air | Sen. Drew MacEwen talks with KMAS host Jeff Slakey about rising energy prices from cap-and-trade, his bill to increase penalties for blocking highways, and more. #waleg Listen to the interview here.

Sharp increase in gas prices will be major legislative issue in 2024 Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. MacEwen’s subscribers Nov. 8, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. MacEwen’s email, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, For the 35th Legislative District, the Belfair Bypass has been a long time...

OLYMPIA – 35th District lawmakers will host a town hall meeting Nov. 9 in Belfair to put the spotlight on the soon-to-launch Belfair Bypass project on State Route 3. Sen. Drew MacEwen and Reps. Dan Griffey and Travis Couture will be joined by representatives of the state Department of Transportation. State officials will discuss the project...

  For more than a decade, Mason County officials, community members, and leaders of the Squaxin Tribe have worked with 35th District lawmakers to secure funding for the West Oakland Bay Restoration and Conservation project. On Sept. 15, Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Shelton, Rep. Dan Griffey, R-Allyn, and Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, joined those longtime...