Drew MacEwen

Record spending continued in the nearly $72 billon dollar supplemental operating budget the legislature passed this year. The good news is the two-year spending plan does not include any new taxes. Unfortunately, it also does not include any real relief for middle-income families who are struggling. Under Democratic leadership, state...

Public safety was one of our biggest priorities in this short session. Your 35th District lawmakers are thrilled we were able to move the needle on this by passing the initiative to the Legislature to restore the ability of law enforcement to pursue criminals. Our 35th District sheriffs have told...

Senate Bill 5770 was among the biggest threats this session. The bill would have raised the more than 20-year-old 1% cap on the growth of state and local property taxes to 3%, allowing cities and counties to increase property taxes by that much every year without voter approval, creating a...

During the last week of the 2024 legislative session, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1589, a bill requested by Puget Sound Energy. This bill insulates the state’s largest monopoly utility company from paying the price for impractical state-mandated carbon reduction goals by allowing PSE to cut off gas...

OLYMPIA… Last week, the Washington State Legislature passed this year’s supplemental capital, operating, and transportation budgets, which update the 2023-2025 biennial budget passed last session. Thirty-fifth district lawmakers, State Senator Drew MacEwen and Representatives Dan Griffey and Travis Couture worked collaboratively to secure over $16 million in capital budget appropriations,...

Carmela Parascand and Sen. Drew MacEwen OLYMPIA… Carmela Parascand, a 10th-grader at Black Hills High School, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Parascand was one of 32 students who served in the Senate during the Ninth week of...

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 legislative session has ended in Olympia. We made progress on many fronts, and of course, there were some disappointments. Highlighting this year’s session were the six initiatives presented to the legislature by the state’s citizens, the most in state history. Each of these initiatives...

OLYMPIA… The Washington State Legislature passed three of the six initiatives presented to the legislature by the people of Washington. The passage of these three initiatives marks the most ever enacted into law by the legislature. Initiatives passed by the legislature do not require the governor’s signature and will become...

Lilly Lawin and Drew MacEwen OLYMPIA… Lilly Lawin, an 8th grader at Oakland Bay Junior High from Shelton, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Lawin was one of 21 students who served in the Senate during the sixth...