For more than 60 consecutive nights the Black Lives Matters demonstrations, confrontations and altercations have played out, much of the time on the front porch of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse. With normal operations at the building already cut back due to the coronavirus, the demonstrations have turned the courtrooms, judge’s chambers and administrative offices into a bit of ghost town. Two state lawmakers now say they have the answer. Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, says it’s...

PORTLAND — The Oregon Department of Justice is investigating Concordia University Portland, the private college that suddenly closed down earlier this year and left thousands of students in the lurch. The justice department’s charitable activities arm is leading the probe into the Northeast Portland school. It recently sent civil investigative demands seeking additional information from Concordia. The department sent similar letters to Moss Adams, Concordia’s former auditing firm, as well at...

PORTLAND — A month after he took charge, John Donahoe, Nike’s new chief executive, president and chairman, has completed his first executive shakeup. The winners are Andy Campion, promoted from chief financial officer to chief operating officer; Heidi O’Neill, named president of consumer and marketplace from her former role as president of Nike Direct; and Matthew Friend, promoted to chief financial officer. Out are Eric Sprunk, the long-time chief operating officer, and Elliot Hill, Nike’s...

PORTLAND — A heated battle over public records reached the boiling point last week when a company working for the Oregon State Lottery obtained a temporary restraining order blocking the release of its contract with the state to The Oregonian/OregonLive. Public agencies routinely make contracts with vendors available to the press and the public because they detail the spending of public money. But SBTech, a Malta-based company which runs the lottery’s new sports betting operation, has fought...

Federal prosecutors in the basketball corruption trial that began Monday in New York reportedly told prospective jurors that 12 colleges could come up during the proceedings -- the University of Oregon among them. As first reported by Yahoo Sports, prosecutors wanted to disqualify any potential juror whose allegiance to a school might make them less than impartial. An Oregon-based Adidas executive and two others are accused of paying talented prep players to steer them to certain...