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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Beto (but not that Beto!) challenges Kshama Sawant as Seattle council races heat up
City council candidates say Seattle needs to regain public trust after a difficult year, and affordable housing is still the city's top challenge.
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As students embrace “Juuling,” Seattle experts say restrictions must go farther
As students embrace “Juuling,” Seattle experts say restrictions must go farther
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Hunger striker at Tacoma immigration jail carried out of cell, apparently unconscious
Advocates for a hunger striker in immigration detention in Tacoma say they fear for his life.
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What the new Seattle police contract does and doesn't do for oversight
Seattle's police oversight officials say they're ready to work with the new police contract. But they hope to work around its shortcomings, too.
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Seattle has most missing and murdered indigenous women, report finds
More than 500 Native American women have disappeared or been murdered in U.S. cities, many since the year 2000, according to a new report from Seattle’s Urban Indian Health Institute.
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Federal judge withholds blessing from Seattle's new police contract
The federal judge overseeing policing in Seattle has not endorsed the city’s proposed contract with its police officers. But he says he can’t weigh in until it’s official.
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In Seattle suburbs, the nail-biting countdown to a test of the Trump presidency
The battle between Kim Schrier and Dino Rossi will help determine which party controls the U.S. House. Candidates are making a last push to get every last vote.
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8th District race has jumped the shark; voters are ready for Election Day to be over
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The city's proposed police contract: Here are six reasons why critics want to reject it
After six years of moving through a court-ordered police reform process, last year Seattle passed police accountability legislation that was described as "historic" and "groundbreaking." Now critics say the proposed police contract undermines that law. Union officials say they made tough concessions, and the city got the process backwards.
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Debate: Should Washington voters change the state's deadly force law?
Should Washington state change the law and change the training around police officer's use of deadly force? Voters will decide this November with a vote on I-940.