Dave Ross
The sky is falling
There were so many quotable moments at Wednesday's hearing on the Healthcare.gov non-rollout.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Is it time to de-sex Halloween?
Halloween is no longer the innocent door to door costume parade a lot of us remember.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Are we really turning off the bugs?
European officials, especially German officials, are very angry with us for tapping into their phones.13 years ago
Josh Kerns
The fight over I-522: Do we really need GMO food labels?
Depending on who you believe, putting labels on foods that include genetically modified organisms or GMO's is a critical step in protecting consumers and giving them more information about what they eat, or a "clumsy" and "costly" effort that does little more than add layers of bureaucracy and fails to provide consumers with accurate and truly usable information. But one thing is certain: it's become the most contentious and expensive issue on the November ballot.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Computers behaving badly
Now it's Spain complaining that the U.S. is tapping private phone calls. 60 million phone calls in Spain allegedly tracked by the NSA last December. Add that to the French calls we monitored, and the German Chancellor's cell phone, and suddenly President Obama isn't the benign leader Europe once loved.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Is the NSA eavesdropping on Angela Merkel?
White House spokesman Jay Carney has been very clear. The United State is not, nor will it eavesdrop on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's private cell phone conversations with leaders of other countries.13 years ago
Dave Ross
When the roles were reversed
Today we see Republicans outraged over the problems Americans are having signing up for a health care program they voted against.13 years ago
Alyssa Kleven
Sen. Murray, Rep. Paul Ryan won’t meet over breakfast burritos to settle budget
Senator Patty Murray is taking on one of the most one of the most difficult assignments in the other Washington: Trying to get Democrats and Republicans to get along.13 years ago
Dave Ross
The tale of two websites
Congress is determined to find out why the new Obamacare website is so bad that even the attempts to fix it seemed to make it worse.13 years ago
Dave Ross
What to do about that sluggish economy
The latest employment numbers basically stink - but don't blame the shutdown, says business analyst Jill Schlesinger.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Obamacare or ironicare?
On Monday, President Barack Obama admitted the Healthcare.gov website is slow and glitchy.13 years ago
Dave Ross
At Mercer Island I-90 tolling meeting, not all opposed to raising revenue for 520 bridge
More than a hundred people came to Mercer Island High School last night to let the state know that Island businesses and schools would be threatened by any plan to toll I-90. Despite not being a fan of the toll, several residents offered up their own alternative ideas on how to raise tax revenue for the 520 bridge.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Not since Moses
There are three new tablets being unveiled Tuesday by the silicon gods - from Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft - they join the tablets from Amazon, Google, Samsung and Dell.13 years ago
Dave Ross
What do we want?
We Americans are constantly being told by politicians what we want - especially when it comes to health care reform.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Another reason to sleep
Of course - there are many reasons to sleep. It's warm and cozy, it doesn't involve working, many times there's a really attractive friend within reach. But this has to be the most persuasive reason yet.13 years ago
Dave Ross
The enemy within
Before we put our national crisis back into the national crisis freezer - to keep it fresh for next January - it's worth looking at what we've learned.13 years ago
It’s over!
The House of Representatives, after 16 days in a strange and colorful land, finally discovered that it could have returned to reality whenever it wanted to.13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff
Majority of 25,000 enrolled through new Washington health exchange will have fully-subsidized insurance
Enrollments in health care plans through Washington state's new health care exchange continue to increase, but it turns out a majority of the enrollees so far won't be paying for their plans.13 years ago
Dave Ross
Congress put on quite a show
Tea Party members got the Speaker of the House to accept one of their key demands for reopening the government: requiring Congress and their staff to give up the employer contribution to their health care plans.13 years ago
Dave Ross
It’s always been legal to opt-out of Obamacare
This whole shutdown was about people who felt forced into Obamacare. And yet, there has always been an exemption for anyone who wants it.13 years ago
Alyssa Kleven
Local captain: I was on a ship hit by pirates
"I was on a ship that got hit pirates in the Dominican Republic," said Captain Kelly Sweeney. "The only thing that saved us was that we had two armed guards on board, and they got in a shoot out with them in repelled them."13 years ago
Dave Ross
Tear down this barricade
Another day closer to who knows what - and still no grand bargain. Not even a teensy weensy bargain.13 years ago
Dave Ross
It was quite a week in Crisis Gulch
The most extraordinary development in the big federal budget showdown - was that the original reason for the whole thing evaporated.13 years ago
Dave Ross
For whom the bell tolls
Are you listening? ... There's that familiar bell. But I'm starting to think of it as more like a fire alarm.13 years ago
Dave Ross on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM
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