Oregon is looking for its runaway Republican senators. They're debating whether they need burner phones.
SOMEWHERE IN IDAHO—Four days after fleeing his home in Oregon, State Senator Cliff Bentz is still figuring out how to be a fugitive. He has changed hotels twice and bought a burner cellphone . But on Sunday, he still hadn’t set the burner up and was making calls on his usual cell.
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