Dirk VanderHart
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Here's a look at the signature-gathering campaign -- including a visit to a Portland coffeeshop whose owner is collecting referral signatures. #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Opponents of Oregon gas tax increase say they’ve cleared key hurdle to let voters weigh in
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Here's a look at the signature-gathering campaign -- including a visit to a Portland coffeeshop whose owner is collecting referral signatures. #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Assuming those signatures are legit, Gov. Tina Kotek will want to start getting ready to lay off hundreds of ODOT workers -- or finding another option.
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Assuming those signatures are legit, Gov. Tina Kotek will want to start getting ready to lay off hundreds of ODOT workers -- or finding another option.
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
A successful referral would freeze taxes Dems say they need to fund those positions. #orpol
We took a look earlier today at the weeks-long saga that has roiled Newport since the helicopter left -- and ICE started sniffing around.
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With ICE (maybe) waiting in the wings, Newport sits in limbo
A missing helicopter and a possible immigrant detention center have roiled the coastal city.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We took a look earlier today at the weeks-long saga that has roiled Newport since the helicopter left -- and ICE started sniffing around.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
The second is that the city recently got an inquiry from a third-party contractor looking to lease space at the airport on behalf of an unnamed federal agency.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The second is that the city recently got an inquiry from a third-party contractor looking to lease space at the airport on behalf of an unnamed federal agency.
There are two reasons to believe they could be right.
The first is that the U.S Coast Guard recently relocated a rescue helicopter it has long stationed at the airport, potentially freeing up space.
The first is that the U.S Coast Guard recently relocated a rescue helicopter it has long stationed at the airport, potentially freeing up space.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There are two reasons to believe they could be right.
The first is that the U.S Coast Guard recently relocated a rescue helicopter it has long stationed at the airport, potentially freeing up space.
The first is that the U.S Coast Guard recently relocated a rescue helicopter it has long stationed at the airport, potentially freeing up space.
This ruling has an impact on the lower court level.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut had been weighing whether to dissolve a restraining order barring Trump from sending in Guard troops. Now that the earlier appeals ruling is out, she no longer has to.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut had been weighing whether to dissolve a restraining order barring Trump from sending in Guard troops. Now that the earlier appeals ruling is out, she no longer has to.
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This ruling has an impact on the lower court level.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut had been weighing whether to dissolve a restraining order barring Trump from sending in Guard troops. Now that the earlier appeals ruling is out, she no longer has to.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut had been weighing whether to dissolve a restraining order barring Trump from sending in Guard troops. Now that the earlier appeals ruling is out, she no longer has to.
Just last week, Hartman was the lone House Democrat to vote against a transportation funding bill proposed by Gov Tina Kotek. #orleg #orpol
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Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation funding package clears Oregon House, moves to Senate
The tax bill needed help from a moderate Republican to make it over the finish line Monday.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just last week, Hartman was the lone House Democrat to vote against a transportation funding bill proposed by Gov Tina Kotek. #orleg #orpol
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...