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MDARD For immediate release: April 12, 2021 LANSING, MI - Michigan wheat producers have approved a referendum to continue the Michigan Wheat Program, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell announced today. The purpose of the program is to promote the profitable production, marketing, and utilization of wheat on behalf of Michigan farmers. The program emphasizes advancements in wheat research, education, information delivery, market development, and industry-wide collaboration. Funding for this program comes from the farmers themselves who grow the comm...

MDARD For immediate release: April 5, 2021 LANSING, MI - Today, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell announced the selection of Ashley Steffen as the department's legislative liaison, effective Monday, April 5, 2021. Steffen replaces Nathan Kark who resigned to take a position within the private sector. "Ashley's legislative and government affairs experience will allow her to hit the ground running on key departmental issues such as investing in our rural communities, food and animal health and growing our food and ag-based businesses," said McDowell...

LGBTQ and single prospective parents in Illinois would have access to fertility benefits that heterosexual couples have enjoyed for 30 years, under proposed law: ‘This is an anti-discrimination bill’ Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune © Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Zachary Marcus, right, and his husband, Gary McDowell, pose for a photo near Waveland Park on March 30, 2021, in Chicago. CHICAGO – As a gay man seeking to start a family, Evanston, Illinois, pediatrician Zachary Marcus faces bills for everything from compensation for the woman who...

Jessy Sielski LANSING — Today, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell announced the selection of Ashley Steffen as the department’s legislative liaison, effective Monday, April 5. Steffen replaces Nathan Kark who resigned to take a position within the private sector. “Ashley’s legislative and government affairs experience will allow her to hit the ground running on key departmental issues such as investing in our rural communities, food and animal health and growing our food and ag-based businesses,” said McDowell. Steffen previously worked f...

More LGBTQ people and singles in Illinois would get insurance coverage for IVF fertility treatment under a bill proposed by state Rep. Margaret Croke.