Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. MacEwen’s subscribers Feb. 13, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. MacEwen’s email, click here. Concerns about sex-predator housing spread — it’s not just an issue for Tenino Dear friends and neighbors, Sometimes it’s hard for the Legislature to admit a mistake. We are...

Working for the 35th Legislative District in the Washington State Senate Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Drew MacEwen’s subscribers Jan. 27, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. MacEwen’s e-newsletter, click here. I was honored to take my seat in the state Senate Jan. 9 after a decade representing...

35th District lawmakers respond to public uproar – new requirements from Thurston County delay Feb. 1 opening OLYMPIA – A Tenino sex-predator home that caught lawmakers and neighbors by surprise is prompting action at the state Capitol and county seat. Legislation has been introduced by Sen. Drew MacEwen to require...

Bill being drafted to improve public notice – issue for Lakewood as well OLYMPIA – Thurston County lawmakers are working on legislation to stop what’s happening in Tenino, where residents have been blindsided by an announcement last week that a new home for convicted sexually violent predators will soon open....

OLYMPIA… The state senators who represent southern Thurston County reacted today to an effort to convert a residence near Tenino into “less restrictive” housing for convicted sex predators – thought to be Level 3 sex offenders now in custody in a Department of Social and Health Services facility on McNeil...

35th District lawmaker is ranking Republican on Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee Drew MacEwen takes the oath of office in the state Senate as the 2023 Legislature opens for business, Jan. 9, 2023. OLYMPIA – Drew MacEwen is taking a lead role on energy and the environment in the...