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
-
Law & Courts
Seattle City Attorney’s Office says it's ending its year-long feud with municipal judge
The Seattle City Attorney’s office said it will once again allow a municipal court judge to hear criminal cases, after sidelining her for several months.
-
Government
Seattle judge blocks Trump order to end birthright citizenship — again
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. Coughen
-
Government
Federal judge in Seattle revisits Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle was the first to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, blasting it as “blatantly unconstitutional” at an initial hearing Jan. 23. The case continues at a hearing before Coughenour on Thursday.
-
Crime
Seattle bus driver's alleged killer confessed to fatally stabbing roommate in 2023, but walked. Why?
Richard Sitzlack confessed to fatally stabbing his roommate in 2023 but was never charged. Thirteen months later, he was arrested for allegedly stabbing Seattle bus driver Shawn Yim to death.
-
Former Auburn cop sentenced for murder
KUOW reporter Amy Radil explains how one Washington law made this sentencing possible.
-
Politics
Seattle judge temporarily blocks Trump executive order on birthright citizenship
A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked an executive order from the president that sought to end birthright citizenship.
-
Law & Courts
Seattle Community Police Commission seeks to regroup from internal turmoil, influence crowd control ordinance
Seattle’s Community Police Commission was created to amplify the voices of communities affected by policing and weigh in on police reform. But internal conflicts, vacancies, and turnover have frustrated that mission in recent years, according to an outside review.
-
Law & Courts
Washington families seek jail improvements, one settlement at a time
In a new legal settlement finalized Dec. 4, commissioners for Klickitat County in south-central Washington have committed to broad changes intended to improve medical care in jail and prevent suicides.
-
Politics
Secret payments to King County employee could become issue in race for county’s top job
Whistleblower allegations of a kickback scheme involving a King County employee could prompt questions in the upcoming race for King County Executive.
-
Government
Secret payments, damning audit. King County’s youth violence prevention effort, mired in scandal
In the latest scandal involving a high-profile King County initiative, a county staffer was found to have secretly received $323,000 in payments in an alleged kickback scheme with a nonprofit leader he knew from prison.