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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) – Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping interface with guardrails for privacy. The proposal follows an 11.7% decrease in opioid overdoses last year, according to the Department of Health. However, overdoses increased 44.2% from 2019 to 2020, 35.6% in 2021, 26.5% in 2022, and 37.6% in 2023, peaking at 2,819. The trend is leveling off, but it skyrocketed
(The Center Square) – Sound Transit is unlikely to route three future light rail lines through the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel as the agency faces a projected $34.5 billion funding shortfall. The agency examined two alternatives for using the existing tunnel to determine whether costs could be reduced while maintaining operations as the system expands to Seattle’s Ballard and West Seattle neighborhoods, as well as the Cities of Everett, Tacoma, and Redmond. Under the interline
(The Center Square) – A detransitioner is sharing her story with The Center Square and speaking out in strong support of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender altering drugs and surgical procedures for minors. The announcement marked the most significant move the Trump administration has taken so far restrict puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for children who identify as transgender. HHS
(The Center Square) – Less than a month before the 2026 legislative session, Republican state lawmakers are proposing cutting $3.7 billion for the next fiscal budget, but did not yet release any specifics about how many jobs, programs or what areas they plan to target. An early December presentation from The Office of Program Research (OPR) shows that Washington faces a projected $4.3 billion deficit for the 2027-29 biennium, assuming current spending levels remain the
