Gov. Scott Walker signed nine bills into law on Tuesday placing new limits on the state's welfare programs, including increasing work requirements for food-stamp recipients and imposing those same requirements on parents for the first time.

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The bulk of Gov. Scott Walker's welfare-overhaul package, including increasing work requirements for food-stamp recipients and imposing them on parents for the first time, won final legislative approval on Tuesday.

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The Republican-controlled state Assembly approved a welfare overhaul package Thursday championed by Gov. Scott Walker as part of his re-election year agenda that would give Wisconsin one of the toughest work requirements for food stamp recipients in the country.

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Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed welfare overhaul, which calls for what would be some of the nation's toughest work requirements for food-stamp recipients, said Wednesday that the proposed changes would be counter-productive and put up obstacles to getting out of poverty.

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