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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Law & Courts
Seattle police accountability office investigating actions of officers in D.C. during Capitol Building attack
The head of Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability says the agency's investigation will focus on the words and actions of at least two Seattle police officers, who allegedly attended last week’s pro-Trump rally that devolved into an insurrection at the Capitol Building.
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Government
Two moms look for housing for their 9 kids. They have money but 'we're stuck'
Just before the holidays, a Thurston County resident named Valerie King contacted KUOW. She described her unsuccessful odyssey to secure housing for nine kids aged 1 to 15. It comes as the pandemic is shrinking the supply of housing for the region’s most vulnerable people.
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Business
In Seattle, pandemic stress overshadows new minimum wage boost
The new year means an increase in the minimum wage for Washington State and for Seattle. But the pay boost for workers has felt like an afterthought amidst the struggles of the pandemic.
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Crime
Seattle Fire Dept says Lake City strip mall fire was intentional
In the past week fires have destroyed both a Seattle strip mall and a shuttered movie theater
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Crime
Seattle creates alternative program for domestic violence misdemeanors
In Seattle, the municipal court is piloting an alternative to criminal prosecution. It provides more customized treatment for perpetrators, and incorporates the input of their victims.
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Politics
New WA Black Lives Matter Alliance agenda aims for 'liberation'
A statewide coalition is calling on lawmakers to address racism as a public health crisis in Washington State.
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Member of neo-Nazi group sentenced for plot to threaten journalists, advocates in NW
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced a man for his role in a campaign of intimidation against journalists. The plot was orchestrated by a group of neo-Nazis that spans the nation, and includes two men with ties to western Washington.
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Crime
Seattle looks at new ‘poverty defense’ for misdemeanors
The Seattle City Council is preparing to discuss changes to its criminal code that would establish a "poverty defense" to misdemeanor offenses.
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Government
Council passes 2021 Seattle budget, policing cuts included
“We're going to slowly and systematically, as much as we can, redirect funds from the Seattle Police Department to upstream programs.”
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Politics
'Finally.' Seattle celebrates news of Biden-Harris victory
After more than three days of holding their breaths, Biden-Harris supporters in Seattle took to the streets this weekend.