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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

/ 8 hours 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

/ 2 days ago

Image of masked federal agents pointing guns at protesters in Minneapolis

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

/ 3 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

/ 5 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...
Water

/ 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...
Local Weather

/ 3 weeks ago

Image of President Trump at his Oval Office desk signing presidential pardons on the first day of his second term

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...
Analysis

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Some of the hundreds at a protest of the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Monument Square spill onto an adjacent street in Portland, Maine, Jan. 23, 2026. A federal immigration crackdown has started in the state, with Department of Homeland Security officials saying that it’s targeting 1,400 “criminal illegal aliens who have terrorized communities.” (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
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Maine’s Immigrant Students Stay Home as ICE Operation Ramps Up

Hillary Clinton speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. Clinton and the hard-right commentator Tucker Carlson found at least one thing to agree upon as they spoke at a conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
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Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch, amid the continuing U.S. government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 28, 2025. (Reuters/Kylie Cooper)
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US Senate Democrats Demand Immigration Reforms to Avert Shutdown

Luigi Mangione, charged in the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, confers with one of his attorneys as he awaits the start of a pretrial hearing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Dec. 11, 2025. State prosecutors in New York asked a judge on Wednesday to set a July trial date for the murder case against Luigi Mangione, months ahead of a parallel federal trial in which he is charged with killing a health care executive in Midtown. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
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Prosecutors Seek July Trial for Mangione in State Murder Case

Twenty four karat gold bars are seen at the United States West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York June 5, 2013. (Reuters File)
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Gold Extends Record Run, Races Past $5,400/Oz

The Madera Police Department is looking for a suspect that is tied with vandalizing the Housing Authority. (Madera PD)
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Madera Police Seek Public Help Identifying Housing Authority Vandalism Suspect

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