Tina Kotek said Wednesday that nine days of negotiations with state Senate Republican leadership in

reconvene Tuesday morning. It’s unclear whether Kotek’s maneuver will work.... Republicans could

signed by former Oregon Gov.... Tina Kotek received a request to revoke his clemency, putting him back

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... A reactor explosion at the Chernobyl plant in 1986 caused the worst nuclear disaster in world history. Among the plants with a safer design is Zaporizhzhia, which is currently under control of Russian soldiers while it continues to be run by Ukrainian specialists.... The plant was shelled by Russians last week....

Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read wouldn't be pinned down on the amount, despite repeated direct questions by Oregon Public Radio.“ It’s not just public equities, it’s also private equity, it’s also bonds, ” said Read, a Democrat who’s running for governor in the 2022 election.... “ So we’re selling and buying bonds literally every day.... Divestment advocates say there's also a financial incentive, with the value of share offerings in fossil fuel companies dropping. Some entities in the stat

Oregon Senate Republicans had demanded that state Democrats send back the$ 500, 000 campaign donation. The Democratic Party of Oregon said it was conforming with an April 13 request from the Justice Department.... The party received the funds last fall from Nishad Singh, who pleaded guilty in February to federal criminal fraud charges, including one count of conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance laws.... Colquitt said the payment to federal officials was coming from the campaign accou

Her mother, Diana Allen, said Tuesday that she learned the news about the person of interest from traditional and social media, although she is in communication with a detective on the case.... “ I’m in the dark about a lot, ” Allen told the Associated Press.... We don’t need anything messing up this investigation.” Advertisement Allen said she knows Perry died in April, but she has not been given an exact date, and authorities were unable to tell how she died just from looking at her....

— Oregon’s secretary of state ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state’s residency requirement. Questions about Kristof’s residency had dogged him even before he announced his candidacy in October.... According to Oregon law, a candidate must have been a resident of the state for at least three years before an election. Kristof voted in New York in November 2020, raising questions about his eligib

I’ve gotten to know presidents and tyrants, Nobel laureates and warlords, while visiting 160 countries.... And precisely because I have a great job, outstanding editors and the best readers, I may be an idiot to leave, ” Kristof said.“ But you all know how much I love Oregon, and how much I’ve been seared by the suffering of old friends there, ” he added.... “ It’s hard to overstate how much I’ll miss him as a reader and as a colleague.” Kristof, 62, grew up on a farm southwest of Portland, ac

“ They view my campaign as a threat and so, instead of working to end homelessness, they’re working to end my candidacy.” For years, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was a globe-trotting foreign correspondent and columnist.... According to Oregon law, a candidate for governor must have been a resident of this state for at least three years before an election.... An appeal could wind up in the Oregon Supreme Court....