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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February 15, 2017

Washington Middle School student serves as page in state House

Ariana Henry, a student from Washington Middle School in Olympia, recently spent a week serving as a page in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by her 35th District Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union.
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February 15, 2017

Rep. MacEwen sponsors Rochester Middle School student as House page

Rochester Middle School student Josephine Neff traveled to Olympia Jan. 23-27 to serve as a page in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by her 35th District Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union.
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