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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) – Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson signaled the direction of her public safety agenda with her Wednesday announcement that Police Chief Shon Barnes would retain his position in her administration, while also pointing to a focus on coordinating with the city’s expanding Community Assisted Response and Engagement, or CARE, team. CARE provides unarmed, community-based responses to mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness crises, connecting people with services, supplies and shelter. Wilson said she
States and local governments across America have collectively accumulated over $6 trillion in liabilities, roughly $5 trillion of which are long-term obligations. These burdens are unevenly distributed. Some states keep a disciplined balance sheet, while others accumulate massive liabilities, requiring payments that crowd out present-day spending—to the detriment of both current taxpayers and future generations. The mountain states illustrate this debt divide. According to the Government Finance Dashboard, a Reason Foundation report that compiled over
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Attorney General’s Office billed more than 11,000 hours of attorney and staff work on lawsuits against the federal government in an eight-month period following the November 2024 election, according to records obtained by The Center Square. More than a third of those hours were spent working on a lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order regarding federal funding for medical providers who perform gender-affirming procedures on children. The AGO’s
(The Center Square) – The Moses Lake School District confirmed Wednesday that accusations from the local Future Farmers of America chapter of stolen funds were unfounded following a brief investigation. A few Moses Lake FFA members testified at a school board meeting last week, accusing the district of sweeping $55,000 of student-raised funding into a financial crisis. MLSD faced a $20 million deficit last year following two failed levies and audits revealing massive accounting errors
