Amy Radil
Reporter
About
Amy Radil is a reporter at KUOW covering politics, government and law enforcement, along with the occasional arts story. She got her start at Minnesota Public Radio in Duluth, and freelanced for Marketplace and other programs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Amy grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Williams College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Seattle 'poised' to get serious about public drug use, Mayor Harrell says
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed the city’s new drug possession law Wednesday. It’s now on track to take effect in thirty days, on Oct. 20. “We are poised to address the crisis with the seriousness that it is,” Harrell said, after he and City Attorney Ann Davison toured Evergreen Treatment Services in the Sodo neighborhood Wednesday.
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After 11 years, Seattle's federal consent decree reaches the 'end of the beginning'
The decree came out of an agreement between the Department of Justice and Seattle Police in 2012, and included changes from officer supervision to how officers respond to people in crisis. Citing a decade of progress, federal officials moved to lift most of the consent decree from the Seattle Police Department.
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Seattle City Council returns to drug law debate with new proposal
The Seattle City Council’s Public Safety committee has approved a new version of the drug possession law in a 4-1 vote Tuesday.
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Federal judge salutes 'the end of the beginning' of Seattle’s police reform efforts
In a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Robart said the Seattle Police Department has made substantial progress in major issues at the heart of a decade-long federal consent decree. He predicted the decree will pass away "in the near future."
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Ingraham High School seeks federal funds to cope with repercussions of school shooting
As a new schoolyear begins, Seattle's Ingraham High School is set to receive nearly half a million dollars in federal funding to help it rebound from last November's deadly school shooting, in which one student was killed.
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Grace periods, protection from cancellations: WA shields insurance policyholders amid wildfires
Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has issued an emergency order with special protections for policyholders in areas where wildfires are burning.
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Washington counties sue DSHS, protesting release of 200 patients
A majority of counties in Washington say the state Department of Social and Health Services is creating risks to public safety and to mentally ill people by abruptly releasing them from state care. The 22 counties have filed a lawsuit in Pierce County Superior Court, where a hearing may take place as early as Sept. 8.
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Seattle City Council discusses new iteration of proposed drug possession law
As the Seattle City Council began to consider the next version of the city's drug possession law Monday, frontline workers asked for more funding to help people with addiction, and downtown property managers spoke in support of the ordinance, and mayoral staff said they hope to fund overdose stabilization cen.
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New deal saves Seattle's celebrity tree, 'Luma'
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Acting U.S. Attorney in Seattle turns focus to gun crimes, mental health solutions
The local U.S. Attorney’s office is looking at new tactics to stem gun violence in Seattle.