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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) – Washington Policy Center and the Citizen Action Defense Fund are applying more pressure in their lawsuit that hopes to force the Department of Ecology to produce climate data as required by the Climate Commitment Act. WPC and CADF filed a motion for summary judgment hoping to compel the court to step in and force the department to supply the data. “Department of Ecology is required to produce CO2 emissions data, statewide
(The Center Square) – Washington state’s percolating “millionaire’s tax” would result in a top marginal rate of more than 18% for high-income earners in Seattle, based on the combined effects of several state and local layers. During his State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Bob Ferguson prioritized a 9.9% tax on annual adjusted gross income exceeding $1 million, estimated to generate up to $3.5 billion per year to help fund education, tax relief
(The Center Square) – Washington state Department of Children Youth and Families staff downplayed any fraud in the daycare subsidy system Thursday during a work session before the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee. Assistant Secretary for Licensing at DCYF Ruben Reeves said the agency repeatedly checks the 4,200 family home providers, 1800 centers and 650 licensed school-age programs with in-person and unannounced visits. He said in cases where an inspection reveals there are
(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council accepted a $1 million federal grant on Thursday after deferring it on earlier this week over concerns it would tie them to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. The Spokane Police Department told officials ahead of Monday’s deferral that leadership was confident the city could comply with all the conditions. They pitched the U.S. Department of Justice’s grant as $1 million for eight new officers over the next
