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Seniority would play a role in deciding which classes K-12 instructors can teach, while discipline would become a subject of collective bargaining under legislation that passed the House Tuesday afternoon on a strictly party-line vote.

The lead sponsor of legislation that would add Michigan to the coalition of states vowing to award their electoral college votes to the presidential candidates who win the national popular vote said she's "pretty sure" her bill will get a House vote before the summer recess.

On Thursday, freshman Rep. and LGBTQ+ Caucus member Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) announced the introduction of 51 bills and a House joint resolution he said would codify marriage equality in Michigan.

Rep. Carrie A. Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) said she plans to keep fighting to include student athletes in collective bargaining with her legislation, after Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) removed the same provision from his version of the legislation to restore unionization rights to student employees.

Michigan's unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.7% in May, marking the first time the state’s jobless rate matched the national rate since June 2018.