Dirk VanderHart
JPR Oregon State Capitol CorrespondentDirk VanderHart covers Oregon politics and government for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. His reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington. Before barging onto the radio in 2018, Dirk spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter鈥攎uch of that time reporting on city government for the Portland Mercury.
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The Legislature spent $218 million to cover the costs of the most expensive fire season on record. -
City leaders around the state want more authority to remove encampments they deem problematic. Homeless advocates say it鈥檚 a distraction from real solutions. -
This year鈥檚 record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's proposed two-year budget boost spending on three of her core issues 鈥� even if it crowds out some other priorities. -
With the passage of a key election deadline, Democrat Lesly Munoz has prevailed over Republican state Rep. Tracy Cramer. -
State agencies say they don鈥檛 have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month. -
Carl Riccadonna says the state should expect billions more in tax revenue than his predecessor predicted. That could mean a much bigger "kicker." -
Gov. Tina Kotek and other top Democrats have been more reserved than their counterparts in many other blue states. Republicans say that鈥檚 a good thing. -
While the GOP won big in Washington, D.C., Beaver State Republicans didn't gain ground this year. -
The measure would divvy up more than $6 billion in new taxes among Oregon residents every year. -
Backers of Oregon鈥檚 most contentious ballot measure are making a play for voters who鈥檝e been inundated with ads by their opponents.
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The calls to the secretary of state鈥檚 office center around misinformation about Donald Trump鈥檚 decision not to appear in the state鈥檚 voters鈥� pamphlet.
