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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘You’re garbage for firing him’: Gee condemns racist posts but blasts Blazers’ decision to dismiss broadcaster over teenage comments

Blazers face backlash after firing broadcaster Braiden Bell over past comments. Gee weighs in on the controversial decision.
26 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It is a tool for solving crimes’: Jake and Spike defend Seattle police cameras as mayor weighs expansion

Seattle’s debate over police surveillance cameras has Jake and Spike questioning why the city is still weighing whether to expand.
26 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘We’ve had two years of inaccuracies’: Police union president wants payroll answers before Seattle recoups overpayments

Seattle’s police union wants the city to resolve what it describes as two years of payroll inaccuracies, including underpayments.
27 days ago
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Spike O'Neill

Spike: My daughter is struggling to start a family, and I know how hard that journey can be

Spike reflects on his family’s fertility struggles as his daughter pursues medically assisted conception — and he hopes to become a grandfather.
27 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘A $13 million mistake’: Ursula blasts Seattle’s ‘ineptitude’ after major SPD payroll error

More than 900 SPD employees received excess back pay totaling approximately $13.1 million after the city used incorrect wage rates.
27 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

Jake and Spike: Washington’s climate laws are driving PSE rate increases

KIRO hosts Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill tied the PSE rate increases to two state laws: the Climate Commitment Act and the Clean Energy Transformation Act.
27 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: An apprenticeship pays $95K in Washington, no anthropology or student loans required. Gallup says Americans noticed

I wasn't shocked this week when Gallup released a new poll. Just 31% of Americans now say a college education is very important. Back in 2013, it was 70%.
27 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘It is shameful’: Councilmember Saka criticizes Seattle’s response to drug activity, stolen goods markets in CID

Rob Saka demands increased police patrols and social worker outreach in Seattle's Chinatown amid rising drug activity and theft.
27 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: Seattle’s Museum of Flight has a Blackbird. NASA is quietly trying to fly an SR-71 again after 27 years

NASA appears to be trying to fly an SR-71 Blackbird again after 27 years, but missing parts, fuel, and aging expertise make a comeback daunting.
28 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘You can’t do that’: Gee and Ursula call out Seattle police access to restricted traffic cameras

SPD was given access to internal camera feeds not available to the public, even though SDOT policy bars their use for criminal or civil enforcement.
28 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘They’re not even being specific’: Jake questions whether WA income tax repeal wording misleads voters

Survey reveals mixed opinions on Washington's income tax repeal wording among residents, raising concerns about voter understanding.
28 days ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ask Ursula: My son’s wedding is a year away and the bride’s parents are deciding everything

Dear Ursula, my son and his fiancé are getting married next winter. Even though it's a long time away, I'm already a nervous wreck.
28 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: Twenty-seven kids on a diving Flydubai 737 MAX got home safe. Thank a Boeing worker in Renton

Earlier this week, a Flydubai jet headed from Dubai to Tel Aviv nearly went down. Officials said the co-pilot stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane.
28 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Some of these programs go way too far’: Ursula weighs in on white Seattle worker’s revived workplace lawsuit

A court revived a white ex-Seattle worker's lawsuit over the city's anti-racism program. Gee and Ursula said some training helps, but some goes too far.
28 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘They basically pled the Fifth to us’: WA Rep. Travis Couture rips state’s response to alleged daycare fraud

Rep. Travis Couture accused state officials of dodging questions about childcare subsidy payments, arguing that taxpayers deserve investigations.
28 days ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ursula: John Stanton is embarrassed. So what’s going to change?

Seattle Mariners chairman John Stanton expresses embarrassment. Ursula Reutin expanded on what changes lie ahead for the team and its fans.
28 days ago
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Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! You’re selling a stolen excavator on Facebook Marketplace?

A stolen excavator listed for $24,000 on Facebook Marketplace caught its owner’s eye, and led Pierce County deputies straight to the seller.
29 days ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ursula: Tuesday’s earthquake is a reminder to prepare for ‘the big one’

Tuesday’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake near Gig Harbor was not “the big one.” But it was a reminder to prepare.
29 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Kids or drug addicts?’: Jake and Spike blast Seattle’s response to Woodland Park RV encampment

KIRO hosts Jake and Spike question Seattle’s response to an RV encampment raising safety concerns for young runners at Woodland Park.
29 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘We’re kind of backsliding’: Kettle cautions that Wilson’s budget flatlines Seattle police hiring

Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle says headlines about Mayor Katie Wilson adding police are misleading and that her budget freezes SPD staffing at 1,250.
29 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘A recipe for disaster’: WA Hospitality CEO warns of more restaurant closures as Seattle’s minimum wage climbs again

WA Hospitality CEO warns of increased restaurant closures as Seattle's minimum wage climbs again to $22.14 an hour on Jan. 1.
29 days ago
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Charlie Harger

Harger: Gov. Bob Ferguson is a two-time state chess champion. Washington politics is his board now

Governor Bob Ferguson is smart. You don't make the move from the King County Council to the attorney general's office to the governor's mansion without being smart, savvy, and strategic.
29 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘What a total waste of money!’ Curley blasts Sound Transit’s $240M Pinehurst Station

KIRO Newsradio host John Curley criticized Sound Transit’s new Pinehurst Station, arguing the cost doesn't justify another light rail in North Seattle.
29 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I didn’t think she bit a chunk off’: Seattle woman whose forehead was bitten by random attacker speaks out

Diana Gonzalez was on a break from work in Seattle when a stranger hurled racial insults, spat on her, and bit a chunk out of her forehead.
29 days ago