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Author Bill McEwen

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.

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Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

Bill McEwen
March 22, 2019
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson and the district's trustees face perhaps the biggest challenge in his nearly 27 months of leadership. Opinion Bill McEwen On Wednesday, a student wa...
Fresno State men's basketball coach Justin Hutson

Can Fresno State Win the Mountain West Tournament? Absolutely.

Bill McEwen
March 13, 2019
Yes, the Fresno State men's basketball team can win the Mountain West Tournament and an automatic slot in the NCAA Tournament. What happened Tuesday night in Las Vegas is evidence of that. Opinion...
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Job One for Fresno Unified Bureaucracy? Self-Preservation.

Bill McEwen
March 8, 2019
The notion that Fresno Unified School District's mission is to educate and equip children to succeed as adults was shredded Thursday at Starr Elementary School. Rather than let Trustee Terry Slatic observe a...

DA Clears Slatic and Bullard Student in Physical Confrontation

David Taub and Bill McEwen
February 15, 2019
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic will not face criminal prosecution related to a physical confrontation with a student at Bullard High School. The Fresno County District Attorney’s office announced Friday...
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Gavin, This Bargain Project Will Make You a Water & Parks Hero

Bill McEwen
February 13, 2019
I have a $1 billion proposal for Gov. Gavin Newsom that will do a lot more for the Fresno economy than the 171-mile remnant of the state's high-speed rail project. Best of all, it involves water, which the g...
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On High-Speed Rail, Will the Real Gov. Newsom Please Stand Up?

Bill McEwen
February 8, 2019
Gavin Newsom has said more than once that he wants California's high-speed rail project completed between the San Joaquin and Silicon valleys. "It's not a train to nowhere," Newsom told George Skelton of the...

Slatic’s Attorney Says Superintendent Trying to Cast Trustee in Bad Light

Bill McEwen
February 1, 2019
The attorney representing embattled Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic says that Superintendent Bob Nelson is trying to tarnish the trustee's reputation because Slatic's aggressive efforts to improve the distr...
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Robots Will Wipe Out Fresno Jobs. Here’s What We Can Do.

Bill McEwen
January 24, 2019
The robots are here. And many more are coming, as artificial intelligence enables the automation of repetitive tasks in the manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and hospitality industries. What will ...
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Want to Understand Fresno Poverty? Watch This Video.

Bill McEwen
January 23, 2019
If you want to understand poverty in Fresno County and how to grow prosperity, watch the video above before reading another word. Narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, the video succinctly explains the challenge...
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Is Nelson’s ‘Happy Warrior’ Style a Fit for Fresno Unified’s New Board?

Bill McEwen
January 11, 2019
Bob Nelson is asking Fresno Unified School District trustees to evaluate his performance just four months after receiving a positive evaluation from the previous board. The request comes after two public mee...
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