GOP-sponsored bills came within hours of similar efforts Wisconsin, where lawmakers voted earlier to shift clout to Republican-controlled Legislature and weaken Democrat replacing GOP governor.. ..…

GOP's smash-and-grab lame duck in Badger and Wolverine states has unfolded and is aimed at keeping the right's rejected policies in place long after Democrats are in. These unfair electoral maps gave GOP majorities in Wisconsin and Michigan legislatures even as Democrats won..…

As for the state becoming part of a national narrative of Republican legislatures trying to limit the authority of Democrats who are assuming statewide offices in Wisconsin and Michigan, Leonard said he doesn’t see it that way. . ..…