My Tri-City Herald op-ed: The truth about job creation
This op-ed originally ran in the Tri-City Herald on February 1. The truth about job creation Published: February 1, 2013 By Mike Hewitt Creating jobs. There may be no more universal promise from...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – February 1
In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s Report, Senator Hewitt highlights two bills he introduced relating to employement law. Also included is information on two committee hearings of interest to...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – February 8
Senator Hewitt discusses education reform and introduces Sen. Sharon Brown, the new representative of the Kennewick area, in this week’s Eastsider’s Report. He also highlights two of his newest bills,...
View ArticleFinalizing the Walla Walla Veterans Home
I recently introduced a bill to establish the Walla Walla Veterans Home in law under the state Department of Veterans Affairs. Last year’s capital budget included a $14.4 million appropriation for its...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – February 15
In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s Report, Senator Hewitt highlights several costly tax proposals from the Senate’s minority coalition and explains why he won’t be supporting them. Also...
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Slew of Hewitt bills receive public hearings starting today
Ten bills introduced by Sen. Mike Hewitt are scheduled for public hearings this week. The bills are being considered in advance of Friday’s cutoff date for bills to be approved by policy committees in...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – February 22
In this week’s Eastsider’s Report, Senator Hewitt provides a status update of his bills at the first milestone of the 2013 legislative session – the policy cutoff date for bills to be considered in...
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Mike Hewitt talks about funding state fairs
Washington State’s 16th District Senator, Mike Hewitt, R-Walla Walla, talks about his bill to fund state fairs to the tune of two-and-a-half million dollars using lottery money, and increase that...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – March 1
In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s report, Senator Hewitt gives his take on the Supreme Court’s ruling that a two-thirds threshold for approval of new taxes is unconstitutional and the...
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My proposal to support Special Olympics clears Senate
I’m proud to share that a bill I proposed to allow raffles to support the Special Olympics, a sports organization for individuals with developmental disabilities, was approved unanimously by the Senate...
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Senator Mike Hewitt on MCC education reform
Washington State’s 16th District Senator, Mike Hewitt, talks about the landmark education reform bills sponsored by the Majority Coalition Caucus that passed the Washington State Senate during...
View ArticleBill to benefit food and wine programs at Walla Walla Community College moves...
A proposal to I introduced to benefit students enrolled in culinary, wine and beer programs at Walla Walla Community College was approved by the state Senate today. Senate Bill 5774 would create a...
View ArticleSenate approves my Walla Walla Veterans Home bill
A measure I introduced to establish the Walla Walla Veterans Home in law under the state Department of Veterans Affairs was approved unanimously by the Senate today. The Walla Walla Veterans Home will...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – March 8
At the conclusion of week 8 of the 2013 legislative session, Senator Hewitt checks in with an update on the education reform proposals approved by the Senate and his bills to support the Special...
View ArticleSenate approves bill to promote state distilleries through tastings
A bill I introduced to promote the state’s growing liquor-distilling industry was approved with bipartisan support by the Senate today. Senate Bill 5396 would allow spirits retailers who participate in...
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Senator Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – March 15
In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s Report, Sen. Hewitt provides an update on two of his bills that passed the Senate to create jobs in our state’s beer, wine and distilling industries. He also...
View ArticleProsser Record-Bulletin op-ed: Creating jobs and protecting our state’s most...
The below op-ed ran in the Prosser Record-Bulletin. Creating jobs and protecting our state’s most vulnerable By Sen. Mike Hewitt We’re now over halfway through the 2013 legislative session. As the...
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Is amount of Inslee’s growth and government, tax increases necessary?
To the governor announced that he is seeking $1.2 billion in new taxes, including making permanent taxes on beer and Washington’s service businesses that were set to expire at the end of June. Despite...
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Sen. Hewitt’s Eastsider’s Report – March 29
In this week’s edition of the Eastsider’s Report, Sen. Hewitt provides a brief primer on the status of budget negotiations, including a preview of the forthcoming Senate budget, and highlights of Gov....
View ArticleProsser Record-Bulletin op-ed: Balancing the state budget without new taxes
The below op-ed ran in the Prosser Record-Bulletin. Balancing the state budget without new taxes By Sen. Mike Hewitt Last week members of the Senate’s bipartisan governing coalition released our...
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