Cox will be 1st woman to lead Michigan House budget panel #DetroitNews

Associated Press - LANSING — For the first time in the history of the Michigan House of Representatives, a woman will lead the powerful budget committee. Republican Rep. Laura Cox was named Monday as the next House Appropriations chairwoman by Speaker-elect Tom Leonard. Cox, who will take control in January, is a first-term lawmaker from Livonia. Leonard said Cox "is the best person for the job," and "no one is more qualified or better prepared." Cox said she is "honored and humbled" by the pending

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