Ross Files with Dave Ross

It turns out another big influence on this year's election was cryptocurrency...crypo companies put roughly $130 million into candidates, many of whom were GOP candidates, Dave called up New York Times Writer David Yaffe-Bellany -- who looked into the data behind this trend -- and he highlighted some of the candidates who received the most from cryptocurrency donors...

Let's look at one of the most prominent issues that we face in Seattle, homelessness. One of the problems you face in trying to solve homelessness is figuring out just how many people are dealing with housing instability. A new report is out from the University of Washington looking at how to count the amount of people impacted by homelessness, so we called up one of the co-authors of the report, Zack Almquist, who teaches at the UW 

Alexis Mercedes Rinck is running for the at-large position in Seattle City Council against encumbant Tanya Woo. Alexis talks about her experience in public service, addressing homelessness and public safety if she is elected into Position 8.

Seattle City Council member Tanya Woo was appointed to Position 8 in the Council 8 months ago, and she is running to keep that spot against her opponent Alexis Mercedes Rinck -- what has Woo done in the months since being appointed and what does she hope to do if she gets elected?

John Woodrow Cox is a reporter for the Washington Post and along with members of his team looked into what exactly happened to a 14 year old boy in order to make him open fire at school. The story is called The making of an alleged school shooter: Missed warnings and years of neglect and we learn more in today's Ross File. 

Warning: the topic of suicide is discussed in this interview 

Sound Transit expansion continues to be a hot button issue and the co founders of Smart Transit are calling for a pause on the expansion efforts, despite being big believers in public transit. 

Who decided what is and isn't recylable and just how powerful is that decision? ProPublica's Lisa Song covered this and she discusses her findings with Dave Ross

Jim Walsh joins us for a conversation about the recent primary election results in Washington as well as a conversation about the power and responsibilities of government. 

Democratic Political Strategist Cathy Allen chats with Dave Ross and Colleen O'Brien about Tim Walz joining Kamala Harris on the Democratic Presidential ticket, what makes him a good Vice Presidential candidate, and why she would like to see him debate JD Vance.

Washington GOP Political Analyst Randy Pepple speaks to Dave Ross and Colleen O'Brien about Tim Walz as a Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party and why he believes Donald Trump does not need to debate Kamala Harris.