Wisconsin’s Gov. Walker signs sweeping lame-duck GOP bills to limit his incoming Democratic successor’s power

By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a sweeping package of Republican-written legislation Friday that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, brushing aside complaints that he is enabling a brazen power grab and ignoring the will of voters.
Walker signed the bills just 24 days before he leaves office during an event at a state office building in Green Bay, about 130 miles from his Cap