Lawmaker’s wife sues union —The wife of Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican, has filed a lawsuit against the state’s largest union, joining a national push by an anti-union group to let workers avoid paying dues to unions where they work. Debora Nearman filed suit late Wednesday against the state branch of Service Employees International Union, claiming dues-payment requirements violate her First Amendment rights. The National Right To Work Foundation is assisting Nearman, part of a broader effort involving parallel lawsuits in the U.S. Supreme Court and other states. Nearman says her dues support positions contrary to her religious beliefs, and were used against her husband’s election campaign, violating her rights to free speech and association. Nearman is an employee at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

OSU student fire — Officials say a 25-year-old Oregon State University student who set a fire in his dormitory room before jumping from the fifth floor window Tuesday was in stable condition at a local hospital. The student is from Idaho and is in his first term at the university. Authorities say troopers responded to the dorm at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday for a welfare check on the student after he called police saying he was in fear of his life. Police declined to give more details about the call. Clark estimated water and fire damage to be about $60,000. Students were allowed to return to their rooms Wednesday.

MMA fighter arrested — Eugene Police arrested a mixed martial arts fighter and former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, convicted of killing a man in a road-rage incident, on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor. Gerald Strebendt was arrested Wednesday on a second-degree sexual abuse charge and booked into the Lane County jail.