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The Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill allowing for earlier booze sales.
The bill Walker signed Wednesday allows grocery and liquor stores to sell beer, wine and other liquor starting at 6 a.m. Current law forbids alcohol sales at retail stores before 8 a.m.
The proposal sailed through the Legislature with bipartisan support.
The measure does not change the prohibition on selling liquor past 9 p.m. or beer past midnight. Local municipalities would be allowed to disallow the earlier sales in the morning if they wished.
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