Scott Greenstone
Politics Reporter
About
Scott Greenstone covers politics for KUOW, from Congress all the way down the ballot. In the past, he’s covered everything from arts to homelessness to movie reviews for newspapers and radio.
After getting into news at his community college newspaper, he studied journalism at University of Oregon and interned for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.
While at The Seattle Times, he co-produced the Outsiders podcast, which was named one of TIME's top 10 podcasts of 2020. Greenstone and the team were finalists for the University of Michigan’s Livingston Award for journalists under 35 for that project.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Politics
Inslee looks back on his way out
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Politics
Proposal would end flavored vape, nicotine pouch, and menthol sales in Washington state
Some Washington state lawmakers want to end the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products, saying they stand to hook kids on products such as vapes and menthol cigarettes for life.
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Politics
Washington shifted right less than any state. Why?
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Politics
Washington voters approved a natural gas initiative. Lawsuit wants to blow it up
Activists say the initiative misled voters. Backers say this lawsuit subverts the voters' will.
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Politics
Big names bowing out of Seattle-area politics
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Government
Girmay Zahilay enters King County executive race saying he represents ‘next generation’
King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay announced his plans to run for King County executive Monday, making him the third major candidate in recent weeks to apply for the job of running Washington's most populous county.
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Politics
Could Trump withhold federal funding from Washington state? Treasurer prepares for worst
As Washington state officials prep for a second Trump presidency, perhaps no state official has been more explicit than Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti about preparing for what he sees as the worst possible outcome: Donald Trump and his administration cutting federal funding to liberal states.
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'Most, if not all' customers will have power back by Tuesday, PSE says
Puget Sound Energy expects to fully restore power to "most if not all” customers by Tuesday, a spokesperson told KUOW.
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Politics
Washington stares into the (budget) abyss
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Politics
Here's who's running for King County executive (so far)
So far, two Democratic elected leaders have stepped up to run the second-largest county on the West Coast — Eastside County Councilmember Claudia Balducci and County Assessor John Arthur Wilson.