News Digest:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:49 AM PDT
GOOD AFTERNOON
OREGON
Frohnmayer to retire from university
PORTLAND (AP) — After 14 years at Oregon’s flagship university, Dave Frohnmayer is retiring as president of the University of Oregon. A well-known name across Oregon, Frohnmayer previously served as the state’s attorney general and ran as the Republican candidate for governor in 1990, losing to Democrat Barbara Roberts.
A native Oregonian, Frohnmayer oversaw the emergence of the University of Oregon as an athletic powerhouse and a building boom on campus, as well as a fundraising campaign, the largest in Oregon history, that’s raised $759 million so far. See story Page A3.
IDAHO
Yost sues state over
ballot dispute
BOISE (AP) — A Boise man is suing the state, asking Idaho’s highest court to put him back on the ballot as a state Senate candidate.
Matt Yost, a Democrat, planned to run for the District 15 seat against incumbent Republican Sen. John Andreason, but the secretary of state’s office disqualified Yost after finding that he wasn’t a registered voter in the district for a full year before filing for office.
Secretary of State Ben Ysursa maintains that the state Constitution requires the one-year registration prior to running, but Yost disputes that interpretation. With the primary election set for May 27, Yost has asked the Idaho Supreme Court to intervene as soon as possible.
THE NATION
2 beef processors cited for humane violations
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government inspection of slaughterhouses found significant problems with the treatment of cattle and two of the nation’s largest beef processors — both of which provide meat for the National School Lunch Program — were slapped with humane handling violations.
One of those companies’ violations was rescinded after the company appealed, The Associated Press has learned.
