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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No more mangoes and meat. The hard truth for competitive clean living
Apples over mangoes. Veggies over steak. Shorter showers and less driving alone. Those are some of the ways Seattle residents say they’re changing their...
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Gov. Inslee told Trump our gun law saves lives. True?
This week in a meeting with President Trump, Washington Governor Jay Inslee recommended our state’s “extreme risk protection orders” as a way to keep...
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Couple finds comfort in helping pass WA law to keep guns from people in crisis
Marilyn Balcerak said she can predict that the birthdays of her son and stepdaughter will be hard. What’s harder to predict are the random events that...
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EPA in Seattle: Amazon will pay $1.2M for distributing illegal pesticides
In one of their first attempts to regulate the online marketplace, officials with the Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle said they’ve reached a...
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Seattle boom fuels housing, office space and downtown's 'largest hotel'
This year Seattle was named the top investment and development market in the country by the Urban Land Institute . And investors have taken note. In the...
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Seattle needs more trees. But who's counting?
Tree advocates say if Seattle wants to do a better job counting and preserving trees, it should follow the lead of its suburbs.
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Want Seattle to be more climate-friendly? Here’s a to-do list
In "The Burning Question," KUOW takes a close look at Seattle’s goal of carbon neutrality and what it would take to get there. It turns out a lot of...
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The convention center is getting bigger. So is its carbon footprint
You might think that before a massive project like the convention center expansion is approved, Seattle would decide how the city’s ambitious climate...
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MAP: See where sea levels may rise in Seattle
Jack Block Park seems like an unlikely leisure spot, tucked among railroad tracks and Port of Seattle cranes. But it also provides a panoramic view of...
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Will Seattle’s new mayor hold the city to its climate change goals?
More electric vehicles. More charging stations. More transit. Congestion pricing for cars. Funds for affordable housing. And lobbying for a statewide...