Dirk VanderHart
Salem CorrespondentDirk VanderHart covers Oregon politics and government for OPB. Before barging onto the radio in 2018, he spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter—much of that time reporting on city government for the Portland Mercury. He’s also had stints covering chicanery in Southwest Missouri, the wilds of Ohio in Ohio, and all things Texas on Capitol Hill.
Dirk’s byline has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Columbus Dispatch, The Oregonian, and more. He’s got a journalism degree from Michigan State University.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Ohio law that aggressively purges inactive voters from the state’s voter rolls. But Oregon officials have no interest…
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A drinking water advisory in Salem has been extended for another two weeks.City officials announced that the most recent testing indicates they can lift…
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Dennis Richardson is being treated for a “small, cancerous brain tumor,” he announced Wednesday.Richardson, Oregon’s Secretary of State since 2017,…
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On Oregon’s highest court, women justices outnumber men, five to two. But never in its history has the court had a woman serve as chief justice.Until…
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Gov. Kate Brown is declaring an emergency and mobilizing Oregon National Guard soldiers in response to an ongoing water quality situation in and around…
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A text message alert that caused widespread confusion in the Marion County area on Tuesday marked the first time Oregon emergency planners had tried to…
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Republicans angered by this week’s special Oregon legislative session have accused Gov. Kate Brown of playing politics in an election year. State ethics…
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Oregon’s surging tax collections show no signs of abating—and that means you’re probably going to get some money back. Again.The state’s latest revenue…
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Monday morning, Gov. Kate Brown convenes the state's first special legislative session since she became governor in 2015.The Oregon Constitution (Article…
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has said she’s calling a special session next week to correct a simple matter of unfairness in state tax policy. But the first…