Eight Republicans crossed over to vote with the Democratic majority to add LGBTQ protections to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act on Wednesday.
After decades of being relegated as a nonstarter under the Republican-controlled Legislature, an expansion of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity and expression is just procedural steps away from being signed into law.
House Speaker Joe Tate on Thursday announced committee membership for the House this term, and Republican members who bucked tradition on opening day were left with few assignments on less than stellar committees.