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Pentagon Tells US Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills, WSJ Reports
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Brent on Track for 8% Weekly Decline as Israel, Hezbollah Agree to Ceasefire
Economy
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Fresno Traffic Stop Leads to DUI and Child Endangerment Arrest
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Driver Killed After Being Ejected in Early Morning Fresno County Crash
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US Acting Spy Chief Seeks to Fire Hundreds of Staff, CNN Reports
U.S.
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This Bill Could Make California ‘Most Secretive State in the Country’
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CA Getting Ready to Hike a Health Insurance Tax. Will It Affect Your Premium?
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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 559-612-0292 or at bmcewen@gvwire.com

Stories by Bill McEwen

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By Sitting Silent, Misty Her Flunks This Fresno Unified Assignment

Facing a major leadership test this week, Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her ducked the assignment. Instead of publicly addressing the ...
Fresno Unified

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The Sun Eclipses Natural Gas as California’s Top Power Supplier

A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released Tuesday shows that California now gets more power from the sun than from n...
Energy

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Riverstone will break ground Thursday on a 40,000-square-foot Raley’s O-N-E Market in Madera County, marking the master-planned community’s continued growth with its first full-service grocery anchor targeted to open in spring 2027. (Raley's)

Raley’s Health Focused Grocery Store Coming to Riverstone

Riverstone has grown into one of the Central Valley’s premier master-planned communities and Thursday’s groundbreaking for Raley’s O-N-E Mar...
Local

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Ex-Bulldog Josh Hokit Faces Backlash for ‘Nasty’ Michelle Obama Remarks

Former Fresno State All-American wrestler Josh Hokit is feeling the wrath of Americans for repeating an unfounded conspiracy theory Sunday a...
Sports

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Fresno Raisin Heir Bruce Lion Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Rabbi

Lions Raisin magnate Bruce Alfred Lion is in trouble with the law again. According to published reports, police arrested the 64-year-old Lio...
Crime

/ 4 days ago

Environmental portrait of Aubrey Bettencourt sitting on stairs. She's wearing an orange blazer and a white open collar shirt

Hanford Grower Aubrey Bettencourt Is Trump’s Pick as Reclamation Leader

Aubrey Bettencourt, a third-generation Hanford farmer who has climbed the nation’s political ranks, is President Donald Trump’s ...
Water

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks during a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit in New York, Dec. 3, 2025. The Trump administration and Democratic state leaders are blaming each other for the big problem of hospice fraud. The president has targeted California and Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

Newsom Faces $31,500 Fine From California Political Finance Watchdog

The California Fair Political Practices Commission is proposing a $31,500 fine for Gov. Gavin Newsom for allegedly failing to file 18 behest...
Politics

/ 2 weeks ago

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Trump Storms Out of ‘Meet the Press’ When Fact-Checked on ‘Rigged’ Elections

While in Wisconsin last week, President Donald Trump sat down with Kristine Welker of NBC News to record an interview that aired on the netw...
Politics

/ 2 weeks ago

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Fresno Fair Adds Classic Rockers Kansas and Starship, R&B Legend Ashanti

The sounds of classic rock will roll through the Big Fresno Fair come October as Kansas and Starship featuring Michey Thomas will perform. A...
Around Town

/ 2 weeks ago

Environmental portrait of Annalisa Perea

Perea Vanquishes Dem Rival, Will Face GOP’s Polsgrove in Runoff

Fresno City Councilmember Annalisa Perea, who was backed by establishment Democrats, will face Republican Jim Polsgrove for the State Assemb...
Local Elections

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Test tubes are seen labelled "Bird Flu" words in this illustration taken, June 10, 2024. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)
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Australia, Last Continent Without H5 Bird Flu, Detects First Suspected Case

Service members carry the remains of six U.S. soldiers killed in Kuwait during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Kent County, Del., on March 7, 2026. The war against Iran lasted just over 15 weeks before a preliminary U.S.-Iranian peace deal was reached, but the human and economic toll mounted rapidly, with consequences far beyond the region. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
World /

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The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

An Israeli air strike lands in front of Beaufort Castle as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, Thursday, June 04, 2026. Fighting across southern Lebanon has intensified this week, even after President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed armed group, had renewed their truce. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
World /

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Israel Is Likely to Continue Attacks in Lebanon, US Intelligence Concludes

Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses members of the United Nations Security Council on resolutions on the situation in Iran and the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 11, 2026. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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Israeli Envoy and UN Official Clash at Hearing on Children in Conflict

Elmo speaks at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2024. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)
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Elmo Clarifies His Team Loyalty After NBA Finals Backlash, Backs Team USA in Soccer

Fans of the United States team march to the stadium in Seattle ahead of the Australia vs. U.S. World Cup soccer match on Friday, June 19, 2026. Adopting a tradition from Europe, thousands of caffeinated and beer-fueled fans marched through Seattle to the contest. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
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Chanting and Celebrating, US Soccer Fans March to the Match