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bounty hunter seattle...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘You’d rather have drug dealers?’: Jake, Spike clash over bounty hunter tactics near Seattle’s Sandel Park

Jake and Spike analyze a chaotic encounter in Seattle, revealing tensions between bounty hunters and locals in Greenwood's Sandel Park area.
13 days ago
portland parallel parking competition...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘A lot of bragging going on’: Jake, Spike plan their own parallel parking showdown after Portland’s viral competition

Jake and Spike plan to take on Portland's parallel parking competition after its viral success, with both believing they are the superior parker.
14 days ago
teachers strike seattle...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘You’re the one footing the bill’: Jake, Spike split on whether teachers should be able to live where they work

Jake and Spike debate the impact of Seattle's cost of living on teachers and the debate over their work and residence locations.
14 days ago
pest control door-to-door...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘A secret cabal’: Jake and Spike riff on the pest control industry’s door-to-door playbook

Discover how Jake and Spike unveil the secret strategies used by pest control salesmen to lure unsuspecting homeowners.
14 days ago
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: Televise Seattle’s teacher contract negotiations — it’s public money

Jake Skorheim explores the need for transparency in Seattle's teacher contract negotiations over public funding.
14 days ago
denny way bus-only lane...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Late 8’ slowdowns have ‘nothing to do with South Lake Union’: Rantz argues Denny Way bus-only lane misses why Route 8 is actually late

Several blocks of Denny Way eastbound in Seattle are now bus-only, extending from Seattle Center to I-5, but not everyone is happy with the change.
14 days ago
Bellevue Collection...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I hope it survives’: Jake, Spike fear Bellevue Collection could follow Seattle’s retail collapse as it goes up for sale

The Bellevue Collection, the 5.5 million-square-foot mixed-use complex that became the Eastside's retail crown jewel, is up for sale.
15 days ago
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘The teachers should sign the contract and get back to class’: Jake, Spike react after Seattle superintendent reveals teacher pay

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner published an eight-page letter telling parents exactly how much teachers make.
15 days ago
SPD...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Tone deaf, completely’: Jake and Spike say cutting SPD’s $50K hiring bonus ‘does not reflect well for Seattle’

The Seattle Police Department will stop offering hiring bonuses, and KIRO hosts Jake and Spike think the timing could not be worse.
15 days ago
alaska dan sullivan...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Almost everything is the exact same’: Jake reviews Alaska’s copycat Senate race with Dan Sullivan v. Dan Sullivan

Explore Alaska's rare Senate race featuring two Republican candidates, both named Dan Sullivan, in this intriguing political analysis.
16 days ago
income taxes wa lifetime millionaires language...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I wish we got more for our money’: Jake, Spike dig into what Washingtonians pay in taxes over a lifetime

Jake and Spike analyze how much Washingtonians spend in taxes over a lifetime and where the state ranks nationally.
17 days ago
apocalypse survival plan...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘A nice little life’: Jake and Spike map out apocalypse plans after study reveals country most likely to survive

Discover Jake and Spike's survival plans after a study ranks Australia as the best place to survive a global catastrophe.
17 days ago
seattle teachers union president...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Is this union acting in the best interest of students?’: Jake raises alarm over Seattle teachers union president’s alleged abuse

As Seattle teachers weigh whether to strike, KIRO host Jake Skorheim said he can't stop thinking about the person leading the negotiations.
19 days ago
Lake Ontario...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It’s SHAME’: Spike rearranges Great Lakes acronym to sum up Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario

President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America."
19 days ago
meta lawsuit...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘They’re selling smaller bags of dope’: Spike warns Meta’s two-hour cap still feeds kids the same product

Spike highlights how Meta's settlements may still endanger kids on social media despite the two-hour cap on content.
19 days ago
seattle police...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It’s the culture of the department itself’: Spike says SPD’s staffing crisis goes deeper than any one chief

The Seattle Police Department has lost 69 officers this year, and currently has just 929 officers available to answer 911 calls.
20 days ago
dolly parton death tribute...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘A force of nature’: Jake and Spike pay tribute to Dolly Parton

Jake and Spike honor Dolly Parton's impact on music and culture following her death, reflecting on her remarkable life and achievements.
21 days ago
vision zero seattle katie wilson...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

Jake, Spike questions Vision Zero’s effectiveness: ‘No way to achieve zero if you still have cars and people in the same space’

As Vision Zero in Seattle turns more than a decade old, Mayor Katie Wilson signed an executive order Friday directing SDOT to accelerate priority safety projects.
21 days ago
corporate tax break microsoft...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

Jake: Corporate tax breaks grow the infrastructure, ‘which is good for everybody’

A recent column from The Seattle Times claimed Microsoft is receiving the largest state corporate tax break identified in the newspaper's records, driven largely by 100% bonus depreciation.
21 days ago
Aurora billboard...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I shouldn’t have to’: Disabled veteran spends $3,000 on billboard calling out Seattle on crime, drugs

A disabled Air Force veteran who has lived near Aurora Avenue since 1955 said he's spent years trying to get the city of Seattle to listen.
22 days ago
sound transit light rail...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Sound Transit is a disease’: Jake and Spike spar over whether the region’s massive transit investment is worth it

Transit ridership across the Puget Sound region is down 10.5% since 2015, even as the population has grown by 14% and funding has increased.
22 days ago
data center AI seattle wa sales tax...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘This seems like a no-brainer’: Jake pitches data centers as a path to eliminating WA’s sales tax

Jake explains how data centers can transform WA's economy and eliminate sales tax, inspired by success in Virginia and West Virginia.
23 days ago
Jimothy (1) seattle raccoon ballard lego...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I’m not mad that the Mariners copped my idea’: Spike says he called the Jimothy drink idea weeks ago

The Seattle Mariners are now selling a Jimothy-inspired cocktail called the Trash Panda at T-Mobile Park, served in a miniature blue trash can.
23 days ago
seattle times story...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I didn’t feel like I could speak my mind’: Seattle Times columnist quits after paper kills Sophie Cunningham story

After 11 years as a columnist at The Seattle Times, Matt Calkins resigned because the paper shelved columns that didn't align with its perspective.
26 days ago