Welcome to my Web site!
I'm State Representative Gary McDowell, and I serve Michigan's 107th House District.
I hope you find my Web site useful and informative. You can use it to keep up-to-date on the work I'm doing in Lansing to make our community a better place to live, work and raise a family. You can also use it to sign up to receive my e-newsletter. I encourage you to please contact me if I can ever be of service. I am here to serve you and be your voice in our State Capitol.
Sincerely,
State Representative Gary McDowell
107th House District
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Plan takes aim at financial exploitation, increases consumer protections— Jun 29, 2009HONOR – State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard) today unveiled legislation to combat the reprehensible practice of elder abuse in Michigan by strengthening consumer protections for seniors and increasing penalties for those who financially exploit them. The legislation is part of McDowell's ongoing effort to strengthen Michigan's faltering consumer protection laws. ...
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Legislation ensures that local authority, not state, owns fairgrounds— Jun 25, 2009LANSING – The Michigan House of Representatives today passed a plan proposed by a group of Upper Peninsula lawmakers that would sell the state fairgrounds in Escanaba to Delta County for $1. The move ensures that residents have ownership of the land as they come together to keep the U.P. ...
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Creation of Michigan Promotion Fund to help expand 'Pure Michigan'— Jun 17, 2009LANSING – In front of a packed House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources Committee room on Tuesday, State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard) introduced a package of bills designed to expand and sustain the successful "Pure Michigan" tourism promotion program. ...
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Legislation will keep tuition costs down, schools' classrooms open— Jun 11, 2009LANSING – A plan proposed by State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard), which passed the House today, will provide Michigan students greater options by keeping career-training schools open and tuition costs down. "Our state needs the highly skilled workers that these schools produce," McDowell said. ...
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Lawmaker says local officials should be able to choose smoke-free status— May 29, 2009TRAVERSE CITY – State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard) announced today at a press conference in Traverse City his plan that will allow local units of government the ability to regulate smoking in public places. McDowell is prepared to introduce his bill at the State Capitol next week. ...