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Presumed future House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) announced Thursday evening that to preserve constituent relations across terms, baseline budget allotments for member offices will be $145,000 per year, regardless of majority or minority status.

Hundreds of firefighters circled two floors of the Capitol rotunda Tuesday afternoon and boomed chants that urged lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow firefighter unions to bargain over staffing levels with their municipalities.

House Democrats conceded on Wednesday they will be working with minority Republicans during lame duck session as attendance issues have surfaced within the majority caucus.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) narrowly defeated former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, lining herself up to be Michigan's second-ever female U.S. senator and preventing Republicans from grabbing a seat they haven't touched in more than 20 years.

Fourteen House Democrats asked leadership Thursday that the caucus vote on several rule changes.