Politics & Government

Larson Among Senate Democrats Who Have Gone MIA

Multiple reports say Democratic state senators have fled to Illinois.

Update at 4:32 p.m. - reports now have Democratic senators at a hotel in Rockford.

Democrat Chris Larson, who represents Oak Creek in the state Senate, is among those Senate Democrats who have boycotted a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair bill. 

Multiple media outlets are reporting that Democrats have fled out of state to avoid a vote being taken. 

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While Larson is gone from the state Capitol, he is providing updates on his Twitter account

Oak Creek Patch about his opposition to the bill. 

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