March 10, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen’s Legislative Update: March 10, 2017

It's been a busy month so far, as we've spent much of the past 10 days on the House floor voting on bills — more than 300 in total. Now that house of origin cutoff has passed, bills that were approved by the House head to the Senate, and vice-versa....
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March 08, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen on KMAS discussing the upcoming cutoff

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, speaks with KMAS' Jeff Slakey about the upcoming house of origin cutoff, as well as his legislation to de-link the state tests from graduation requirements.
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March 08, 2017

MacEwen bill prioritizing victim compensation unanimously passes House

Rep. Drew MacEwen's bill to ensure incarcerated criminal offenders pay court-ordered restitution to their victims was unanimously approved by the House Wednesday.
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March 06, 2017

House approves Rep. Drew MacEwen’s bill eliminating end-of-course graduation testing requirements

The House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would remove the requirement that high school students pass end-of-course assessments in order to graduate. John Sattgast reports from Olympia.
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March 06, 2017

House passes MacEwen bill to delink state tests from graduation requirements

In a 92-6 vote Monday, the House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, to delink state tests from high school graduation requirements.
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March 06, 2017

Sewage spill reveals double standard in environmental priorities

If hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated stormwater and raw sewage flows into Puget Sound, but politicians and environmental groups don’t make a peep, did it really happen? That’s what we’re left to wonder after the catastrophic failure at King County’s West Point Treatment Plant last month. Due to...
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February 23, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen’s Legislative Update: Feb. 23, 2017

Last Friday marked our first major deadline of the session — policy committee cutoff. This means non-fiscal bills that did not pass out of committee are now considered "dead" for the year unless deemed necessary to implement the budget (NTIB) or necessary to pass the budget (NTPB). Bills with these...
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February 22, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen talks about the negotiation process of education bills on KMAS

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, talks with iFiberOne’s Jeff Slakey about the McCleary education funding bills from the House and Senate, and the process going forward to reach a single compromise agreement.
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February 15, 2017

Rep. Drew MacEwen explains bill to exempt small businesses from B&O tax on KMAS

Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, discusses his proposed legislation that would exempt businesses with less than $200,000 in gross receipts from having to pay any B&O taxes. MacEwen also talks about his upcoming telephone town hall.
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