Fitzgerald signs contempt order for missing lawmakers

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The Republican leader of the state Senate has signed orders finding 14 absent Democrats in contempt.The orders allow the sergeant-at-arms to detain the missing senators and use police force if necessary.Shamane Mills has the story.

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