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Dave Ross

Seattle income tax, I-27, mccleary, I-940, state Supreme Court, youtube channel...
Dyer Oxley

Seattle income tax supporters eager to go to court

A Seattle income tax is gaining support from some residents and city officials who want to pass a resolution and take the issue into court.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Nobody will be free once the Russians take control of the wheel

Self-driving cars will seem like a good idea, right up until the Russians hack into the system and control our roadways.
9 years ago
garfield high school threat...
MyNorthwest Staff

O’Neil: If true, this a sad case of high school recruitment

Seattle's Garfield High School is being investigated for allegations of recruitment violations within its football program.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Tip to Trump on North Korea: Follow your gut

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross turned to a teacher living in South Korea for ideas on how to deal with Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons in North Korea.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: ‘March for Science’ defied the laws of persuasion

Sorry, March for Science supporters. Taking to the streets may work for some causes but it’s not a good way to promote science. According to science, anyway.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

America may be divided, but we can agree on this

There was a keynote speech at this week’s Facebook conference that didn’t get much attention, even though it might change the way we all communicate.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

A stinky situation: Snohomish County residents struggling with alleged odor

Snohomish County residents say they are paying a high price for Cedar Grove's operations: A foul odor which makes it impossible to enjoy their properties.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Ross: Dangers of impatience with North Korea are the size of a grapefruit

If the US launches an attack on North Korea, we’d win, but the head of the Ploughshares Fund says there is one major, 17-pound catch.
9 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

Consultant: We can’t just lock up Seattle’s homeless

Seattle homeless consultant Barbara Poppe called out the City of Seattle for failing to hold providers accountable during a forum held this week.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: America’s most interesting mayoral campaign is in Seattle

A few weeks ago, it didn’t seem like it would be a terribly exciting contest. Then the mayoral campaign wheels started to turn.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Thanks to augmented reality, someday we’ll all live in Trump Tower

After Facebook's augmented reality announcement, Dave Ross sees a future where we can augment anything: even life in Trump Tower.
9 years ago
Ichiro Suzuki...
MyNorthwest Staff

Dave Ross honors Ichiro Suzuki

On Monday night, the Mariners and their fans honored Ichiro Suzuki as he returned to Safeco Field with the Miami Marlins.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Ross: Facebook is empowering every depraved wacko with a smartphone

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says Facebook is essentially the largest TV network in human history and it's time for the company to behave like one.
9 years ago
Michael Moore is fighting to keep the Seattle Opera from outsourcing its sets. (KIRO Radio)...
Dave Ross

Crusade underway to keep Seattle Opera from outsourcing set design

The Seattle Opera plans to close its Renton facility and outsource its set design, but one man is on a crusade to keep the warehouse open.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

‘Fate of the Furious’ has me dusting off 30-year-old Volvo stickshift

The self-driving car craziness from "The Fate of the Furious" has KIRO Radio's Dave Ross preparing for the end.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

United Airlines controversy isn’t about overbooking at all

The United Airlines controversy isn’t really about overbooking. There are plenty of ways to fix the overbooking problem.
9 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Will Washington state ever fight to reduce drug price gouging?

Will Washington state ever attempt to curb the problem of drug price gouging? Former state AG Rob McKenna discusses the options.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Do yourself a favor, don’t become a Putin puppet

It doesn’t take a relationship with Putin to do Russia’s bidding. When you fall for a false story and spread it around, you are basically a Putin Puppet.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

UW professor says ‘no easy solution’ to fake news phenomenon

One of the biggest challenges in the Internet age is how to choose what to believe, and what is fake news and should be ignored.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Video from United Airlines plane proves none of us are special

Thanks to United, we all got to see what “re-accommodation” looks like. And this was ugly. And it touched people who thought they were protected from official violence.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Here’s why Seattle should be paying close attention to North Korea

Here in Seattle we obviously have an interest in keeping intercontinental ballistic missiles out of North Korea because we are such a close target.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

True culprit of the infamous United bumping: Airport Culture

Why did the United Airlines dragging happen? Maybe the gate agent was tired of having to cave into that kind of blackmail and decided to take a stand. Or maybe ...
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Smartphones actually trigger our fear of being slowest antelope in the herd

How have Silicon Valley geniuses become so rich? Not by drugging you, but by creating apps on smartphones that make your brain drug itself.
9 years ago
Syria, military...
MyNorthwest Staff

Is the US prepared for consequences after attack on Syria?

Military Analyst Major Mike Lyons says that the recent US attack on Syria poses very dangerous consequences that Trump should have considered.
9 years ago

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