Drew MacEwen

Lawmakers begin correcting mistakes made two years ago on police pursuits, drug decriminalization — but need to go further Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Drew MacEwen’s subscribers March 17, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. MacEwen’s e-newsletter, click here.  Dear friends and neighbors, Two weeks ago, a horrific...

Carbon ‘allowances’ twice as expensive as predicted two years ago Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Shelton, ranking Republican on the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, offered the following comment regarding Washington state’s first carbon-allowance auction. Results were announced Tuesday by the Department of Ecology, a week after the Feb. 28 auction....

Shelton’s Turning Pointe shelter would benefit under new funding formula OLYMPIA – Shelton’s Turning Pointe domestic violence shelter would be among the beneficiaries of a new funding plan Sen. Drew MacEwen shepherded through the Senate Friday. Senate Bill 5398 creates a workgroup under the Department of Social and Health Services...

Will continue seeking legislation to fix underlying policy OLYMPIA – Cancellation of a planned Tenino-area group home for sex predators offers relief for South Thurston County, say lawmakers representing the 35th Legislative District, but Olympia isn’t finished with the issue. The lawmakers say they will continue to press for bills...

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...