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Bill McEwen,
News Director

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

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Bessent, asked about the fall in the price of Bitcoin this week, said the government could not try to stop the decline by ordering banks to buy Bitcoin. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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The Dark Side of AI Weighs on the Stock Market

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds his end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Mohatt)

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Marco Rubio Steps Down as Acting Head of the US National Archives

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