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You’ve heard him for the past 14 years as a KVI voice on The Commute with Carlson and now Phil Vandervort takes over as the host of KVI’s Morning Ride. Join Phil and his producer, Zach Wildfang, every weekday morning from 6-9, to bring you the day’s first insight into the top local and political stories that impact your life, your town and your wallet so we can Make Washington Livable Again. The Morning Ride is fast-paced, filled with guest interviews from local leaders and politicians along with nationally respected voices like economist, Steve Moore, to give you unique insight that you won’t hear anywhere else. Phil Vandervort is a life-long Puget Sound resident. Born in Tacoma and living in Seattle since 1994, Phil has worked in Seattle talk radio since 1997 at Seattle’s biggest stations and with Seattle’s most well-known talk show hosts like John Carlson and the dearly departed, Dori Monson and John Clayton. Phil and his wife have been married for 26 years and have a 17-year-old son. Off the air, Phil’s interests include finding new bands and music, playing bass guitar, going to local concerts (has he told you about The Sheepdogs?), staying healthy with exercise that’s easy on the knees--especially snow skiing--and grilling meat.
(The Center Square) – Virginia is the No. 1 state for teachers’ pay and public spending per student. At the same time, it’s No. 51 for students’ math scores, behind 49 states and Washington, D.C. More pay for teachers and more spending for schools don’t necessarily equal better performances by students, according to a Center Square comparison of reports from various sources. A report released by WalletHub Monday revealed the best and worst states for
(The Center Square) – Spokane may spend up to $210 million, with an additional $21 million in annual operating expenses, to comply with state climate policies after the Legislature denied it an exemption. The project would install carbon capture equipment at the city’s Waste-to-Energy plant to suck carbon dioxide from the smokestack. The new upgrades would essentially turn the CO2 into carbonated water before the city could transport it off-site to inject the substance into
(The Center Square) – Global media and technology company Comcast has sued Washington state to block a new law that imposes a sales tax on digital advertising services. The company argues that the law is discriminatory and violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act by not taxing all advertising equally. The state Department of Revenue says the lawsuit, if successful, would negatively impact the state budget. The cable giant filed a lawsuit in Thurston County
(The Center Square) – Students from seven Seattle Public Schools’ high schools walked out of class in response to a planned change in lunch scheduling. Seattle Public Schools recently announced it will require all comprehensive high schools to implement a two-lunch schedule in order to make it possible for all students to be served and eat during a single 30-minute period. A comprehensive high school offers more than one course program of specialization to students.
