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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) – The court battle in Washington over lawmakers citing legislative privilege to avoid providing public records was front and center in a State Court of Appeals hearing Thursday in Tacoma. As reported by The Center Square, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Egeler issued a November 2023 decision that said state lawmakers are entitled to “legislative privilege” to shield their records from public disclosure. That case was brought by open records advocate
(The Center Square) – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is proposing legislation that would require employers tip off their workers when federal immigration enforcement agencies request their eligibility information. “This bill would mean that workers get the same information as their employers,” Brown said at a Dec. 5 press conference. Known as the Immigrant Worker Protection Act, Brown said the proposal would “level the playing field for workers. I wish we were not dealing
(The Center Square) – Around 500 Moses Lake teachers on strike may soon qualify for unemployment benefits under a state law that Democrats passed this year, despite another statute deeming it illegal. State Democrats approved Senate Bill 5041 last spring without a single Republican vote, though a few members of the Democratic majority crossed the aisle to oppose it. The bill was designed to provide unemployment benefits to striking workers for up to six weeks,
(The Center Square) – The driver of a big rig car carrier involved in an injury crash Thursday morning in Lacey that brought northbound I-5 traffic to a grinding halt for hours did not have a commercial driver’s license or insurance, according to WA State Patrol. The crash, which occurred just before 7:30 AM Thursday, blocked several lanes for more than two-and-a-half hours and sent three people to the hospital. “The gentleman did not have
