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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KUOW Newsroom
With rulings against racial bias, WA Supreme Court starts 'hard discussions'
Over the past five years, the Washington Supreme Court has issued a series of rulings aimed at combating a fraught problem within the legal system — implicit racial bias. The court has relied on a new legal test: whether an “objective observer” could see racial bias as a factor in who gets to serve on juries, who gets convicted — and who wins in court.
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Four white men who attacked Black DJ sentenced for federal hate crime in Seattle
Four white men were sentenced in federal court in Seattle Friday for a 2018 assault on a Black DJ in the city of Lynnwood. All four were convicted of committing a hate crime and making false statements. The man they attacked said his life is forever changed.
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KUOW Newsroom
Capital gains tax challenge reaches Washington Supreme Court
The debate over whether wealthy people in Washington State should pay a capital gains tax has reached the Washington Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in Quinn v. Washington on Thursday.
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WA Democrats join nationwide rollout of ‘wealth tax’ proposals
Washington state Democrats Sen. Noel Frame and Rep. My-Linh Thai announced legislation Thursday to create a state wealth tax on financial assets in excess of $250 million. They say it could generate an estimated $3 billion per year to fund housing and education, and decrease the tax burden on working-class people.
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KUOW Newsroom
At long last, Adrian Diaz sworn in as Seattle’s new police chief
After 29 months running the Seattle Police Department, Adrian Diaz said he was relieved and happy to be officially sworn in as Seattle’s next chief of police at City Hall on Thursday. His oldest son Alex pinned the badge onto his uniform as supporters applauded.
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Police vehicle pursuits could be hot topic at WA Legislature – again
Citing “growing sense of lawlessness,” some coalitions of police, mayors and prosecutors say they will press state legislators to revisit current restrictions on police vehicle pursuits in the upcoming session.
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'It's tough.' King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall goes back to the academy
“Humbling.” That’s how King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall describes going through the police academy in her late fifties. She’s five weeks into the 19-week process. Not that she’s counting.
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Taking stock of WA state’s decade of legal cannabis, and what to expect next
November 2022 marked a decade since Washington voted to legalize recreational cannabis. There was a lot of fanfare — and uncertainty — when voters set the state on this path back in 2012. So what are the big takeaways about our legal cannabis market so far?
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KUOW Newsroom
Tacoma pastor calls Pierce County Sheriff’s acquittal ‘troubling but not surprising'
“Disappointing” and “troubling.” Reactions of one Tacoma pastor to the not-guilty verdict for Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer.
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Jury finds Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer not guilty
The state attorney general's office had charged Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer with false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant. On Wednesday, a jury acquitted him on both counts.