Support for constitutional convention

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Republican state senator is among those leading a coalition supporting a proposal that would allow a rewrite of Michigan's state constitution.

Sen. Tom George of Kalamazoo County's Texas Township said Wednesday he is chairman of a group calling itself the Reinvent Michigan Caucus. The group supports a proposal on the November ballot that would allow the state to hold a convention to revise the 1963 state constitution.

George was defeated in a primary bid for governor this year.

The proposal to rewrite the state constitution is opposed by a coalition that includes the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and several other groups.

A proposal to rewrite the constitution is placed before voters every 16 years.