Drew MacEwen

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...

OLYMPIA… State Senator Drew MacEwen will host a telephone town hall on Thursday, February 22 starting at 7 p.m. He invites constituents from the 35th Legislative District to call in with questions and concerns about state government and legislation being considered during this year’s legislative session. With the end of...

Logan O’Day and Sen. Drew MacEwen OLYMPIA, WASH. – Logan O’Day, an 11th grader at Shelton High School, spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Cushman was one of 16 students who served as a Senate page for the fifth...

State Senator Drew MacEwen provides an update on six initiatives to the Legislature that he’d like to see lawmakers adopt but are likely headed to voters in November. #waleg WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO