KIRO Opinion, Analysis, and Perspectives on Seattle News

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

Gee & Ursula debate suspension of downtown business taxes

Seattle business leaders are asking the city to suspend the B&O and JumpStart tax for the next three years as a way to revitalize downtown.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: NCAA should bring back consolation games in March Madness

J. Paul Blake wrote to Dave Ross saying that the NCAA needs to bring the consolation game back for March Madness.

4 years ago

L.B. Gilbert

Feliks, Dave debate the future of Seattle’s Memorial Stadium

Dave Ross and Feliks Banel debated how far the city should go in preserving the memorial, what its purpose in the community should be.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Dodge Challenger Demon with optional parachute still street legal

Even if police pursuits were routine again, there’d be no catching you behind the wheel of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170.

4 years ago

Bill Kaczaraba

Why is Seattle one of the most anxious cities in America?

Both Jack and Spike agreed that the income disparity and the high cost of housing are factors for all the anxiety.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: There’s a limit to compassion that we should have in the courts

It’s important to try new things – like a compassionate court – but it’s just as important to recognize it's doing more harm than good.

4 years ago

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

Gee Scott: Trump ‘has to go to jail, it’s not rocket science’

Former President Donald Trump claimed “illegal leaks” indicated he would be arrested Tuesday through posts on Truth Social.

4 years ago

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

G&U: Why is $100,000 worth equivalent to $49,000 in Seattle?

According to a SmartAsset report, $100,000 in Seattle is worth to roughly $49,000 after adjusting for taxes and cost of living.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: You have to pay your transit fare now; imagine that

Starting this week, new signs are going up at all the light rail stations. They are bright yellow signs that say “Pay To Enter.”

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Ex-football players would convince people to pay for transit

Yesterday, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Zachary Meredith, who in 2018 boarded a Community Transit bus without paying his fare.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Community policing program should include public tackle training

There would be five or ten of our burliest male and female citizens trained to swarm the assailant and, in 30 seconds, have him zip-tied

4 years ago

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

Gee & Ursula: What about those airline fees?

What about those airline fees? More are coming. KIRO Newsradio's Gee & Ursula have different takes on the subject.

4 years ago

John Curley Show

John and Shari: Are clowns scary?

Join John Curley and Shari Eliker in discussing whether or not clowns are scary. John is prepared to tricycle furiously to the defense of the clown community.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: The myth of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps

A lot of us take that to the extreme by assuming everyone has those magical bootstraps that, if only you pull on them hard enough, will fix everything

4 years ago

Frank Sumrall

Stine: Crackdown against transgender kids in sports ‘is the same’ as Coach Kennedy

H.R. 734's specific language states student-athletes must compete in sports in accordance with “a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Census expands ethnicity classifications to 217 unique identities

Next year, just in time for the election, the federal government will be rolling out a new list of possible ethnic and racial census classifications.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: DeSantis is wrong, diversity isn’t the reason the banks failed

There are a number of theories about why the Silicon Valley Bank failed. The easiest theory to understand came from Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis

4 years ago

KIRO Newsradio staff

Jack Stine & Spike O’Neill claim Kemp incident brings up race discussions

The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said it would not file charges against the 53-year-old Kemp, but left the door open for later charges.

4 years ago

Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: I’ve changed my mind about daylight saving

I've changed my mind. For literal years I went on television each fall and each spring and lobbied hard to end the semiannual clock change.

4 years ago

Frank Sumrall

Stine challenges success of WA’s first ever carbon emission auction

Recent reports stated nearly $300 million was spent by companies bidding against each other to buy a limited amount of carbon emission allowances.

4 years ago

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

Gee and Ursula debate whether money really does buy happiness

According to research from two Nobel Prize-winning economists from Princeton University, their study concluded $500,000 can indeed boost happiness.

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: The assault weapons ban in the words of the legislators

I'm turning it over to the members of our state House of Representatives, who conducted what I thought was a sincere, mutually respectful, and at times gripping debate on the wisdom of banning assault weapons.

4 years ago

Frank Sumrall

Bill for fewer restrictions on police pursuits passes in WA Senate

With new amendments to the legislation, the bill would give police the authority to pursue a suspect if they have a “reasonable suspicion.”

4 years ago

Dave Ross

Ross: Ford offering a new method to deal with delinquent car owners

Ford is patenting -- NOT a new safety system or a new method of propulsion -- but a patent for cars that can re-possess themselves if you miss your payments.