Nine bills passed by Democrats but stalled by Republican House Speaker Matt Hall at the start of the year's legislative session should be sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for signature, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled . The ruling marks a victory for Democrats in a court battle that's spanned much of the year .

In the ruling, published Monday, Oct. 27 , Judge Thomas Cameron said a lower court correctly interpreted the law when it said the measures — approved by Democrats at the end of the 2024 session but never sent to the governor to be signed into law — should have been advanced when Hall and House Republicans assumed majority control of the chamber. While Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel sided with Senate Democrats earlier this year , she declined to order the Hous

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