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Bill McEwen,
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Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at bmcewen@gvwire.com

Stories by Bill McEwen

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

Independent Voters Abandon Trump in Droves: Poll

The latest Economist/YouGuv poll reveals that President Donald Trump has lost the confidence of the vast majority of independent voters. Rel...
Polls

/ 2 days ago

President Trump Guns

Trump’s ICE Assault Missed One Thing. Americans Won’t Ever Surrender Their Guns.

President Donald Trump doesn’t care much about the law, the Constitution, or the disastrous effects that his daily flood of decrees, p...
Opinion

/ 4 days ago

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Newsom Calls for Kristi Noem to Resign, Trump to Suspend ‘Lawless’ ICE Raids

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacted to the killing of a Minneapolis resident Saturday by federal agents by calling for the resignation of H...
Trump Admin

/ 5 days ago

Image of Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer superimposed over ICE agents. In an MLK Day speech, the Republican mayor called out federal agents for using tactics abandoned long ago by local and state law enforcement

Republican Mayor Jerry Dyer Speaks Truth to Trump’s ICE Power

On the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday, Fresno Mayor Jerry did what few Republicans are willing to do. Bill McEwen Opinion He s...
Opinion

/ 7 days ago

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Life, Liberty, and America’s Pursuit of Unhappiness

We Americans like to boast, “We’re No. 1,” and we certainly are in our military capacity to invade other countries and abduct odious foreign...
Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Fresno City Hall magnifying glass

Does Fresno City Council Believe in Transparency? Let’s Find Out

When he was the mayor of Fresno, Alan Autry often said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” B...
Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

See the Roaring Cascade of Water Released From Oroville Dam

The California Division of Water Resources began required flood control releases into the Feather River using Oroville Dam’s main spillway M...
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/ 3 weeks ago

What’s That Smell? A Stinking Pile of Self-Dealing at Fresno City Hall

Thanks to bulldog reporting by GV Wire’s David Taub and Edward Smith and Fresnoland’s Omar S. Rashad, a stinking pile of self-de...
Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

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Plenty of Sun and Dry Skies Ahead for Fresno

The skies have cleared, soggy ground is drying, and sunshine dominates the forecast for the next two weeks in Fresno and surrounding communi...
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/ 4 weeks ago

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A Look Inside Trump World’s Pay-to-Play Pardon Scheme

The Wall Street Journal recently delivered a blockbuster investigative story on how allies and lobbyists close to President Donald Trump are...
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People take part in a protest in solidarity with Minneapolis and against U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in New York City, U.S., January 23, 2026. (Reuters File)
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Lawsuit Challenges ICE Ability to Enter Homes Without Warrants From US Judges

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‘It’s All About Us Now’: Video Shows Bovino’s Orders to Agents in LA Raids

Nurses gather at a memorial for Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2026. (Reuters/David 'Dee' Delgado)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks to reporters amid ongoing talks toward a short-term budget deal at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Democrats and the White House agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate restrictions on an immigration crackdown. Senators said they hoped to vote on the deal on Friday. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, in an undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice, Dec. 19, 2025. The Department of Justice released more files related to the investigation of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, making public thousands of documents that included emails from prosecutors, unverified tips and records from Epstein’s death in a Manhattan jail. (U.S. Dept. of Justice via The New York Times)
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Madera police arrested two men after surveillance footage showed them unlawfully entering a business and tampering with a vehicle in the 800 block of S. Gateway Drive. (Madera PD)
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