LANSING, MI (AP)-- Lawmakers no longer distracted by a sex scandal and cover-up involving two of their own hope to focus on their fall policy agenda, with road funding at the top again.
The session also features more debate on energy laws and addressing financial problems in Detroit's school district.
The prospect of voting to repeal a law guaranteeing higher wages on government construction projects also looms if organizers collect enough signatures.
Legislators relish a return to normalcy after the expulsion of Cindy Gamrat and resignation of Todd Courser Friday for misconduct, including an attempt to hide their affair with a false and sexually explicit email.
Their departure leaves Republicans with a 61-46 edge in the House. The number of "yes" votes to pass a road-funding plan is now 54 instead of 56
