NEWS RELEASE
MICHIGAN HOUSE REPUBLICANS
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State Rep. Parker Fairbairn on Thursday was appointed by Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland, to serve as Majority Vice-Chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee and as a member of the committees on Natural Resources and Tourism, Communication and Technology, and Energy.
“I am very pleased and honored to have been appointed to what are arguably four of the most important policy committees to the people of the 107th District,” said Fairbairn, R-Harbor Springs. “As vice chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee I look forward to reducing and eliminating unnecessary regulatory policies that hamper the growth of small businesses and our economy. As a member of the Natural Resources and Tourism Committee, I will ensure our state’s natural resources are maximized for the benefit of our citizens. I also don’t believe that there is anywhere in the state where issues around technology and energy are more relevant than Northern Michigan and the U.P.”
Fairbairn is a fifth-generation resident of northwest Michigan and comes from a family who owns a small business that has been in operation for more than a century. He said he feels very deeply about the need to ensure that northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula communities have more input and influence crafting and reforming state laws and policies that have significant, and even disproportionate, impact on the district’s residents and economy.
The first-term lawmaker was first elected to the 107th House District in 2024. His district includes the counties of Charlevoix and Emmet and a portion of Cheboygan including the township of Mackinaw; portions of Chippewa including the townships of Bruce, Detour, Drummond, Pickford, Raber, Soo, and Sugar Island; and portions of Mackinac including the townships of Bois Blanc, Brevort, Clark, Marquette, Moran, and St. Ignace as well as the cities of Harbor Springs, Mackinac Island, Petoskey, Sault Ste Marie, and St. Ignace.
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