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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Taxi Drivers Balk As Mayor OKs More Rideshares
On June 16, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced that a stakeholders group had agreed to lift restrictions on the growth of rideshare companies. In...
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Teary-Eyed Mayor Murray Declares 'Summer Of Safety'
In the wake of recent gun violence, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said the city faces a crisis of confidence in public safety.
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Pot Shots: How Marijuana Legalization Tore Apart The Seattle Police Media Unit
In March 2012, the Seattle Police Department made an unorthodox hire: Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, a former cops reporter who had worked at The Stranger and...
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$15 Minimum Wage Law May Face Ballot Challenge
On Monday, June 2, Seattle workers and politicians ate cake and danced in celebration of the city's new minimum wage law. As the dance party ended, the...
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City Council Questions Mayor's Minimum Wage Plan
The Seattle City Council took up Mayor Ed Murray’s minimum wage proposal Thursday. Labor leaders said they weren’t thrilled about the council's opening...
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Women In Cannabis: Solidarity And High-Potency Sorbet
A power luncheon for women in the marijuana business took place Friday in one of Seattle’s highest locations – the top of the Columbia Tower, where...
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Minimum Wage Debate Heightens May Day Rhetoric
The group 15 Now is seeking a ballot measure to raise Seattle’s minimum wage as quickly as possible, without the phase-ins of Mayor Ed Murray’s proposal...
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Marijuana Banking: Secretive But Poised To Grow
Many marijuana business owners say they have bank accounts, but aren’t completely forthright with their bankers about the nature of their businesses....
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No Proposal Yet From Mayor's Minimum Wage Committee
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and his Income Inequaltiy Committee have not yet reached an agreement in raising the minimum wage. Murray was expected to...
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Referendum Puts Seattle Rideshare Rules On Hold
Seattle’s new regulations on rideshare companies like Lyft and Uber were supposed to take effect this week, but now they’re on hold. That’s because a...