Seattle News Analysis

KIRO Newsradio Opinion

e-bike kirkland injury...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘It’s no longer a bike’: KIRO hosts weigh e-bike risks after Kirkland child critically injured

Kirkland's recent e-bike injury raises concerns about safety laws and regulations for e-bikes and scooters in Washington.
1 month ago
USA world cup seattle...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: Why I believe Team USA can win the World Cup

Are the odds in our favor? Maybe not. But as our history shows, we don't really care about the odds. Do Americans believe we can win the World Cup? Hell yes.
1 month ago
world cup seattle USA internet...
Charlie Harger

Harger: 68,000 fans chanted USA at Seattle’s World Cup match on Friday. Then the internet had to weigh in

The US won 2-0. One of the best soccer atmospheres this country has ever produced, and it happened in Seattle. Then both political tribes got involved.
2 months ago
pride flag...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘You can take the flag off the pole, but you can’t get rid of your neighbor’: Gee responds to WA cities pulling Pride flags

The Oak Harbor City Council voted down a proposal to fly Pride flags on city flagpoles for the second year in a row, with council members arguing the city should remain neutral.
2 months ago
great american state fair washington...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

Washington won’t join ‘Great American State Fair’ — KIRO hosts say it’s a missed opportunity

Not all states will be participating in the Great American State Fair. Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington have all declined to participate.
2 months ago
gas tax electric car...
John Curley Show

‘I’m getting an electric car’: WA gas tax to increase by 6 cents on July 1

Washington's gas tax will increase by six cents per gallon starting July 1 — the second consecutive increase after nine years without a jump.
2 months ago
weed...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: Washington health department warns World Cup tourists — Our weed is no joke

The Washington health department has issued formal guidance warning visiting foreigners to be careful with our cannabis products.
2 months ago
ask ursula borrowed $50k daughter father...
Ursula Reutin

Ask Ursula: My daughter borrowed $50K from my 96-year-old father and hasn’t paid it back

My dilemma is that my daughter borrowed a very large sum — $50,000 — from my dad in 2025 and apparently has not paid it back.
2 months ago
washington education funding mississippi...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: Washington fell to No. 31 in education rankings despite doubling school spending

About a decade ago, Washington was sitting at No. 20 — nothing special, middle of the road, fine. Now we’re in the bottom half of the country. Not good.
2 months ago
Seattle democrats...
Charlie Harger

Harger: In Seattle, even the kinda-left Democrats aren’t left enough

On Tuesday, the Democrats of Seattle's 43rd District endorsed a 30-year-old labor organizer named Hannah Sabio-Howell over Jamie Pedersen for state Senate.
2 months ago
Aurora Avenue child exploitation trafficking...
Charlie Harger

Harger: Seattle Police said six suspects were arrested in an Aurora crackdown. Every newsroom in Seattle reported it today. It wasn’t true

Seattle Police gave the public information that wasn't true, and every media outlet that trusted them repeated it on their behalf.
2 months ago
data center starbucks building...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘The spookiest thing imaginable in Seattle’: Jake questions data center fears as small facility eyed for Starbucks HQ building

As a small data center is being eyed for the Starbucks headquarters building, Jake questioned whether the fear over data centers is warranted.
2 months ago
Seattle JumpStart tax business taxes...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘The result of bad policy’: Jake, Spike stunned as Seattle’s JumpStart tax data rivals post-recession Detroit

Five years of data tracking Seattle's JumpStart tax have been released, and as a result of several factors, the city has lost roughly 30,000 jobs.
2 months ago
porta-potties blocking...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It seems premeditated’: Jake and Spike question city’s intent as Seattle guitar shop blocked by 13 porta-potties for World Cup

A Seattle guitar shop was hoping the World Cup would bring more business, but instead found 13 porta-potties blocking its entrance.
2 months ago
Pierce County sheriff elected appointed...
Ursula Reutin

Ursula: Pierce County voters deserve a say on whether their sheriff is elected or appointed

Pierce County voters will decide if their sheriff should be elected or appointed. Let's keep it real. This debate is happening because of Sheriff Keith Swank.
2 months ago
Seattle el nino summer weather...
Charlie Harger

Swain: ‘Super’ El Niño building off the coast may bring Seattle its first muggy, humid summer in a generation

Seattle doesn't do humid. We brag about dry summers, cool nights, sleep with the window cracked, and no air conditioning. It's part of the deal in Washington.
2 months ago
Mount si black bear attack...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: How to survive a bear attack

Jake explains how to stay safe during a bear attack, following the recent incident on Mount Si involving teenagers and a black bear.
2 months ago
downtown seattle jumpstart tax katie wilson...
Charlie Harger

Harger: Katie Wilson built Seattle’s biggest business tax. Amazon drove to Bellevue. Downtown lost 30,000 jobs

Thirty thousand jobs gone. A third of the office space empty. Nearly half the value of the office towers wiped out. And the fingerprints on the policy that helped drive it belong to the woman now running the city.
2 months ago
gun rights...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘I didn’t get caught’: Gee says he can’t be a hypocrite on WA ruling that two DUIs can get gun rights taken away

The Washington Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold a law allowing gun rights to be suspended after a second DUI within seven years.
2 months ago
seattle stadium protest zones...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘A pen like a little farm animal’: Jake sees protest zones outside Seattle Stadium as unnecessary

As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Seattle, the city has set up "protest zones" outside Seattle Stadium to give demonstrators a designated space.
2 months ago
erika evans...
John Curley Show

‘You don’t think they’re going to get another gun?’ Curley blasts Seattle city attorney’s plan to combat violence on Aurora

KIRO host John Curley shared his own solution to curbing violence along Aurora on "The John Curley Show" on KIRO Newsradio.
2 months ago
corey rattleff washington fund fentanyl addiction...
Charlie Harger

Harger: Corey Rattleff stole from stores for 13 years to feed his fentanyl addiction. Now he’s clean, working, and asking Washington to fund what saved him

His mother reached out to Andrea Suarez at We Heart Seattle, who stepped in and got him into a 21-day inpatient program at Evergreen Health in Monroe. From there, he found Battlefield Addiction.
2 months ago
Denny Blaine Park...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Protect the kids’: KIRO hosts spar on Denny Blaine Park nudity as judge to decide its future

King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung will decide the future of Seattle's hotly debated nude beach, Denny Blaine Park.
2 months ago
Sound Transit Bellevue light rail noise complaint...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

Personal issue or legitimate gripe? KIRO hosts debate Bellevue light rail noise complaint

A group of Bellevue residents claimed that the new Sound Transit 2 Line crossing the lake is violating local noise ordinances and keeping neighbors up at night.
2 months ago