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Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! Democrats are asking Washingtonians to accept an income tax based on a promise

I support the millionaires tax. However, Democrats have a problem with this issue, and pretending it doesn’t exist isn’t going to make it disappear.
5 days ago
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Jake Skorheim

Jake: The suddenness of AI doomerism is suspicious

AI is now, apparently, an existential threat to humanity, and that only aggressive government regulation stands between us and extinction.
5 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Ongoing headache’: KIRO hosts breaks down why Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour is far from over

Macklemore was removed from the rest of Ed Sheeran's tour after declaring "Free Palestine" on stage, and venue owners threatened to cancel shows if he stayed.
5 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Written Seattle off’: Jake questions whether Amazon has quietly given up on the city after skipping public safety letter

Jake questions if Amazon is abandoning Seattle amid public safety issues and office closures across the city.
5 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: 3 months ago, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson promised to clean up 12th and Jackson. I went back Monday

It's human suffering on full display. The parks of North Beacon Hill, stretching down to 12th and Jackson. People clearly in need of help, clearly in danger.
5 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘The texts are the texts’: Gee questions SPD’s delay in releasing Bite of Seattle shooting messages

Sayles asked for more time before releasing SPD's communications from the Bite of Seattle shooting, but Gee wants to know what there is to check.
6 days ago
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Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! WA doesn’t require school superintendents to have classroom experience

How can you run a school district if you've never taught in a classroom?
6 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘This is just who she is’: Jake questions whether Mayor Wilson can learn from repeated PR failures

Jake examines whether Mayor Wilson can learn from recent PR failures after she spoke about the violent Belltown shootings from a picket line.
6 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘He can taste it’: Curley suggests Bob Kettle is using Katie Wilson’s public safety struggles to position for mayor

Curley suggests Bob Kettle is using Katie Wilson's public safety issues to build his mayoral campaign among Seattle business leaders.
6 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: WA pays teachers top dollar for middling test scores. Maybe we’re grading the wrong thing

Top-tier pay. Record spending. Average results. Why Washington should offer families a real vocational track alongside the traditional college path.
6 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Why does every other airport look better than ours?’: Gee calls out SEA as TSA rolls out pre-9/11 gate access at select airports

KIRO host Gee Scott said the new program signals that airport security is about to get a lot faster.
7 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘You’re driving these stupid little ducks around’: Jake pleads with Jeep owners to clear the dash during massive recall

Chrysler is recalling Jeep Grand Cherokees, and host Jake Skorheim said it's the perfect excuse for owners to finally deal with their rubber ducks.
8 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘We are the Cape Canaveral of launching task forces’: KIRO hosts reacts as study exposes Seattle’s big tech dependency

A new independent economic assessment of Seattle's finances arrived this week, and the city's response drew immediate ridicule from Mike Lewis.
8 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Put yourself in someone’s house’: Gee connects Washington’s 22% premium spike to rising homelessness

Health insurance premiums for Washingtonians are about to soar. The state insurance commissioner approved a 22.2% rate increase for individual health plans
8 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘Fighting with the Canadians about dumb stuff’: KIRO host says trade war has already cost WA $7.1 billion

As Washington bars brace for a ban on Canadian alcohol, Mike Lewis delivered a blunt assessment of the spiraling U.S.-Canada trade war.
9 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘They get bad grades and get deemed as the bad kid’: Gee calls school system archaic after Tacoma launches Maritime program

Tacoma just opened a first-of-its-kind maritime training program for high school students, and Gee Scott believes it's long overdue.
9 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Go directly past jail, there’s no room’: Jake and Spike reimagine Seattle Monopoly as new game in the works

A Seattle edition of Monopoly is in the works, and the game's creators are asking the public to suggest locations and landmarks for the board.
9 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I’m so proud of you, buddy’: Jake chokes up watching his son’s school honor 9/11

Jake Skorheim has been thinking about how to teach his kids about 9/11. On Thursday morning, his son's sixth-grade class did it for him.
9 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘It’s not good branding, it’s great’: Gee, Luke break down the PR strategy behind Trump’s $5K dividend promise

Trump promised every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms. Public relations expert Luke Duecy joins Gee Scott to break down why the branding works.
9 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: For a year, my balcony faced the twin towers. We moved home to Seattle 41 days before they fell

August 1, 2001. I awaken. I open my eyes. And I'm thinking: today I'm moving home. Back to Seattle.
10 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I hope we don’t get territorial’: KIRO hosts back Seattle council’s gun violence strategy, urge mayor not to stand in the way

The Seattle City Council's Public Safety Committee unanimously advanced a resolution calling for a new gun violence reduction strategy.
10 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘People act and say things to get them elected’: Gee urges leaders to face families after Belltown shooting

A 21-year-old man who tried to stop a robbery during a Belltown street takeover was shot three times, then had to walk two blocks begging for help.
10 days ago
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Jake Skorheim

Jake: Business leaders wrote the plan — now read it, Madam Mayor

Seattle business leaders already handed Mayor Katie Wilson the public safety plan her new year-long task force was created to write.
10 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘This doesn’t smell right’: Gee analyzes the strip club visit that got Seattle’s civil rights director put on leave

Gee Scott reacts to Seattle's civil rights director being found to have sexually harassed an employee at a strip club on a work trip.
10 days ago