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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof's priorities for 2016 include salvaging Detroit's school district and updating energy laws.
They are two thorny issues that lawmakers were unable to resolve in his first year leading the Republican-dominated chamber.
The district has been under state emergency financial management for nearly seven years, and Gov. Rick Snyder has called for the state to commit $715 million over a decade to address extraordinary debt and to relaunch Michigan's largest district under a new name.
Meekhof tells The Associated Press it's been hard to find consensus before introducing legislation, but he doesn't want to rush. He says the Legislature will "figure it out."
Another major unresolved issue is new energy policy. Meekhof says his caucus is debating whether to require competitive bidding for new electric generation.
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