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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

  • caption: PCC employees Trevor Howard, left, and Ana Cuevas demonstrate the skills they learned through an apprenticeships program for meat cutters at South Seattle College.

    Seattle needs fishmongers. Could this be the solution?

    Apprenticeships have long helped construction workers learn advanced skills – and earn higher pay. Now unionized grocery workers in Western Washington are following that example. They’re teaming up with employers like Kroger and PCC to create more advanced training and career paths.

  • caption: The number of deadly encounters with police in WA is 18 so far in 2021, down from 46 at this time in 2020.

    Fatal police encounters in Washington fall to 5-year low

    There’s intriguing new data about police interactions in Washington State. The number of people who died in police encounters in the first 11 months of the year declined more than 60 percent from the year before.

  • caption: Speaking in a South Seattle College chemistry lab, College President Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap called the new city and state scholarship funds "an important start."

    Seattle expands free college program with help from state matching funds

    Seattle will be the first city in Washington to receive state matching funds for college scholarships. The scholarships will assist students in the Seattle Promise program, which already provides two years of free community college to any public high school graduate in the city.

  • caption: Seattle city attorney candidate Ann Davison had 58 percent of initial returns Tuesday, her opponent Niciole Thomas-Kennedy had 41 percent.

    Early votes put Seattle’s 'centrist' City Attorney candidate out front

    Initial results were promising last night for Seattle’s “centrist” political candidates – they led their more progressive opponents in the races for mayor, one at-large city council seat and the race for city attorney that attracted national attention. In that race attorney Ann Davison leads by 17 points over former public defender Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, 58 to 41 percent. Davison described public safety as top of mind for Seattle voters this year.

  • caption: Debate over a DESC housing project has dominated city council elections in Burien this fall. Incumbent Jimmy Matta supports the project while challenger Mark Dorsey opposes it.

    Burien city council slate opposes low-income housing project

    A new low-income housing project has become a flashpoint in municipal election in the city of Burien. Four city council races are on the ballot there. The races have pitted the project’s supporters against local business owners.

  • caption: Tanisha Sepulveda says she has to drive her heavy wheelchair on the shoulder of the road to get to the nearest bus stop in her Highland Park neighborhood.

    Why these Seattle area politicians promised not to drive for one week

    For one week this month (Oct. 22-29), dozens of local officials who might normally drive their cars are making sure their bicycles, transit passes and smartphone maps are ready to go. They’re participating in the first-ever “Week Without Driving,” organized by the group Disability Rights Washington.