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Dave Ross

IRS, tax...
MyNorthwest Staff

Dave discovers three instances of ‘free money’ while preparing 2020 taxes

Just in time for tax season, tax expert Don DeSantis shares his insights into a few of the filing changes to expect this year from the IRS.
5 years ago
Seattle housing, Pandemic suburbs, Gen Z Seattle home...
MyNorthwest Staff

Why the pandemic has Puget Sound residents leaving cities for the suburbs

Over the last year, the pandemic has had people fleeing city centers and moving to the suburbs. Windermere economist Matthew Gardner explains why.
5 years ago
COVID vaccine, UW...
Dave Ross

Ross: Only way back to normal could be requiring proof of vaccine

With a significant number of Americans still refusing to believe the vaccine is safe, the only way to get back to normal might be to require proof.
5 years ago
Trump, impeachment...
MyNorthwest Staff

Former Washington AG: ‘Not impossible’ for Senate to bar Trump from holding office again

Why have an impeachment trial in the Senate after Trump has left office? Former Washington AG Rob McKenna explains why there's far more at stake.
5 years ago
Doug Emhoff, Second Gentleman, Kamala Harris...
Dave Ross

Ross: The historic milestone of America’s first Second Gentleman

Kamala Harris' historic swearing in as Vice President came alongside another major milestone: America's first Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff.
5 years ago
Vaccine stockpile, covid treatment, second dose...
MyNorthwest Staff

Mercer Island MD: Second dose of COVID vaccine may cause temporary ‘fluish symptoms’

Mercer Island MD Dr. Gordon Cohen on the side effects of the second dose of COVID vaccine, and distribution issues.
5 years ago
Inauguration Day 2021...
Dave Ross

Ross: America is older and wiser for this Inauguration Day

This is the first inauguration we can remember defined more by who isn't taking the oath than who is, as Donald Trump rides off after a bumpy four years.
5 years ago
Trump legal troubles...
MyNorthwest Staff

Fahrenthold: Trump’s legal troubles likely to multiply ‘within days of him leaving office’

With Donald Trump set to leave office on Wednesday, he faces a difficult post-presidency life that could be rife with legal troubles and lawsuits.
5 years ago
Capitol riot, impeachment...
Dave Ross

Ross: New impeachment trial will teach us the important lesson of ‘never again’

Will we just try to forget what happened on January 6, or will we invoke one of the more constructive lessons from the bad old days: Never again.
5 years ago
Loren Culp, lawsuits...
Dave Ross

Ross: Culp still keeps voter fraud narrative alive despite dropping lawsuit

Even after withdrawing his lawsuit, former Washington gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp is keeping his voter fraud narrative alive.
5 years ago
Parler Amazon lawsuit...
Dave Ross

Ross: A possible downside to letting Parler go under

If the idea is to defuse an angry conservative movement, not allowing people an outlet where they can be reached directly could backfire.
5 years ago
Laura Scott

Should Washington teachers be allowed to cut the vaccine line?

³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio's Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo discuss the vaccine rollout in Washington state, and whether teachers should be able to cut the line.
5 years ago
Impeach Trump, Kevin McCarthy...
MyNorthwest Staff

Former WA Attorney General: More Republicans should have voted to impeach Trump

Despite relative bipartisan support, former Washington AG Rob McKenna believes more Republicans should have voted to impeach President Trump.
5 years ago
Trump mob, Capitol riot, stop the steal...
Dave Ross

Ross: How will ‘stop the steal’ mob be remembered by future generations?

Years from now, a curious child will point to their smartphone and say “Grandpa, is that a video of you chanting 'stop the steal' with Trump back in 2021?"
5 years ago
Dave Ross

Ross: It’s never a good idea to join a rampaging mob

It's never a good idea to join a rampaging mob. It eats you up, numbs your conscience, hijacks your free will, and you end up leaving the worst version of yourself forever etched on the internet.
5 years ago
Trump, Capitol riot...
MyNorthwest Staff

Fahrenthold: Trump was ‘hard to reach, slow to respond’ during siege of Capitol

As we continue to learn more about the events leading up to the siege on the Capitol, Trump's own role in inciting the mob has come into question. 
5 years ago
Elections...
Dave Ross

Ross: Is there a way we can convince Americans to trust elections again?

Let’s set aside recent violence for a moment and consider a potentially harmful underlying argument that we can no longer trust any elections.
5 years ago
Seattle Public Schools walkout, covid, life skills...
MyNorthwest Staff

Study: Sweden didn’t see rise in COVID deaths with schools open

Sweden data on student and teacher COVID susceptibility shows little transmission of COVID with schools open before the vaccine.
5 years ago
COVID testing, Seattle...
Dave Ross

Ross: Let the universe make a final decision on who’s right

If a business thinks it can reopen safely, let it. If customers get sick and the business fails as a result, then it’s the virus that’s to blame – not the government.
5 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

Patients encouraged to report side effects of COVID vaccine through app

Dr. Keith Jerome, head of the UW Virology Lab, says the big challenge now is having enough resources to get the COVID vaccine out and into people's arms.
5 years ago
Capitol, Trump flag...
Dave Ross

Ross: We’re asking the wrong questions regarding mayhem at Capitol

The sticky thing about what happened Wednesday is not that the police weren’t ready. It’s that the mob was empowered by a sitting president.
5 years ago
Trump, Capitol riot...
Nick Bowman

Former Washington AG: Would be difficult to convict Trump for inciting riot at Capitol

Former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna believes it would prove difficult to convict President Trump for inciting a riot in a court of law.
5 years ago
trump...
Dave Ross

Ross: If only Trump had managed to follow his own advice

So is this what democracy looks like now, ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio's Dave Ross asks. He pointed out that the president managed keep his cool and deliver sound advice.
5 years ago
Vice President Pence...
Dave Ross

Ross: Law is clear about Vice President Pence’s power (or lack there of) to overturn election

Suppose that when Mike Pence gets the final electoral count, he just looks at the paper and sits there. What happens then?
5 years ago

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