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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Seattle Seeks Legal Marijuana Delivery Alternatives
Seattle officials say the city’s 24 marijuana delivery businesses are illegal and now outnumber its 19 licensed stores. To combat the problem, Seattle o...
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Northwest Marijuana Growers Try To Go Green (But It's Hard)
Marijuana growers in the Northwest are going to use a lot of electricity in the next 20 years, enough to power up to 200,000 homes, according to a...
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Software Fix For Washington Prison Sentences Expected Soon
Corrections officials in Washington say they’re working “seven days a week” to verify prison sentences in the wake of a software-coding error that caus...
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King County Council Appoints Carlyle, Frame To Replace Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles
The King County Council unanimously appointed replacements Thursday for departing Washington state Senator Jeanne Kohll-Wells. Kohll-Wells will leave...
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Would You Want Your Court Case Live-Streamed?
In a federal courtroom in Seattle last June, Judge James Robart made it clear he was unhappy with Seattle’s actions around police accountability. “I am...
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Seattle Times Offers Buyouts To Cut Newsroom Budget
The Seattle Times is offering buyouts to its newsroom employees in an effort to cut its budget. But officials say the situation is less drastic than at...
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Will Uber And Lyft Drivers Get A Union In Seattle?
Industry players and union leaders are bumping elbows as the campaign over collective bargaining for Seattle’s for-hire drivers intensifies.
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Why These Political Odd Couples Get Along So Well
How do families with such different political views get along? Republican Rob McKenna said Thanksgiving meals can be tricky because in-laws and distant...
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Uncertainty At KPLU Over KUOW Acquisition
At KPLU studios in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, some employees said they’re disappointed that Pacific Lutheran University would sell the station....
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Proposed Seattle NPR Station Sale Would Align Two Overlapping Stations
Editor's note: The online and on-air versions of this story were edited by the team at Oregon Public Broadcasting. KUOW, Seattle's NPR member station,...