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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) – They didn’t get to see him in person, but on Friday, executives from the Washington Policy Center think tank delivered a petition signed by more than 27,000 Washingtonians to Gov. Bob Ferguson demanding a no-new-taxes budget from the state Legislature. “In a perfect world, we would have liked to have had some one-on-one time with the governor and really encourage him to keep on the path that he’s been on in
(The Center Square) – They didn’t get to see him in person, but on Friday, executives from Washington Policy Center delivered letters signed by nearly 30,000 Washingtonians to the office of Gov. Bob Ferguson, urging him to reject a budget that would increase taxes on Washingtonians. “In a perfect world we would have liked to have had some one-on-one time with the governor and really encourage him to keep on the path that he’s been
(The Center Square) – Seattle spends roughly $6.5 million a year on complementary resources for illegal immigrants, even as the administration of President Donald Trump is taking major steps to reshape immigration policy and practice – with an emphasis on enforcement of federal law. According to city statistics, there are more than 143,687 foreign-born residents in Seattle, including 21,000 illegal immigrants who make up roughly 2.7% of the city’s total population of 755,000. Earlier this
(The Center Square) – Washington state Rep. Jeremie Dufault, R-Selah, will finish out the last days of the legislative session – which is set to end on Sunday – participating remotely from his office, instead of from the floor of the House of Representatives. Dufault was banned from the House floor, the wings adjacent to the floor, and the gallery for the remainder of the session following an outburst during Thursday’s floor debate on Engrossed
