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—much of that time reporting on city government for the Portland Mercury.
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Gov. Tina Kotek was one of dozens of elected officials across the country to receive the letter. -
Secretary of State Tobias Read says he’s not inclined to share information with the federal government. -
Health care and food assistance for low-income Oregonians will take the brunt of the impact. -
Oregon's governor announced Thursday her final veto decisions on a handful of bills after the end of legislative session. -
Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday she has a recipe to successfully divert mass layoffs at the state’s transportation agency — and it doesn’t look too different from a plan lawmakers failed to pass last month. -
The governor’s announcement offered only hints of what a plan to fund roads might look like. -
The announcement scuttles speculation Merkley was getting ready to end his congressional career. -
ODOT says 10 percent of state road workers will be out of a job by August. -
Layoffs appear certain. But a lot more could happen, too. -
Congressional Republicans have passed their sweeping domestic policy bill. In Oregon, the impacts of the legislation will be significant. -
She says the state may begin layoffs next week. -
Democratic lawmakers were scrambling Friday to come up with a modest alternative to its multi-billion dollar road funding bill.
