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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Law & Courts
Washington joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration for cutting billions in public health funding
Washington state is among 24 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to block its sudden termination of $11 billion in grant funding for public health agencies.
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Politics
Has the U.S. revoked visas for UW or WSU students?
Washington universities are on edge with this month's news of federal agents detaining students with green cards, and the U.S. revoking visas, of protesters who criticized Israel's war in Gaza.
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Politics
Vaccine clinics canceled, health jobs cut as feds rescind grants to Washington state
Federal cuts are being felt in Washington state clinics, hospitals, and public health departments after the Centers for Disease Control ended $130 million in “pandemic-related” grants.
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Politics
Sound Politics gets overwhelmed
Reporters Melissa Santos and Paul Queary discuss their favorite stories you might've missed.Plus, we tackle one big story with a Washington connection you may not know about: the Signal group thread.
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Politics
Now's your time to yell (questions) at us
Hey Sound Politics listeners. We're here in your feed because we want to know: what questions do you all have in this kind of bonkers political moment?
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Politics
Is this the year rent limits pass?
For years, progressives have tried to fight the rising cost of living by instituting a kind of "rent control" – what proponents call "rent stabilization." There’s buzz this year that a rent stabilization bill could safely parachute onto the Governor’s desk.
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Politics
Republicans' unlikely ally: Gov. Ferguson
Republicans might have more influence this legislative session than they have in almost a decade. A big reason why is Governor Bob Ferguson. The newly elected Democrat has been warmer toward the GOP point of view than the previous administration was, pushing to close the state’s budget deficit through cuts rather than raising more revenue from taxes. That’s a welcome change for Rep. Travis Couture, the Republicans’ lead budget wrangler in the state House. He says Ferguson has been more aligned with, and welcoming of, Republican ideas than his predecessor was – but just how much actual power the Republican caucus will have over the final product remains to be seen.
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Politics
No security clearance, no government work. Seattle law firm faces Trump’s wrath
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday stripping lawyers at the Seattle firm Perkins Coie of their security clearance and access to government buildings.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - 3/6-9
Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows is off to Emerald City Comic Con, but shares everything else exciting happening this weekend too!
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Politics
The graveyard shift: lessons from WA's dead bills (so far)
It’s an old saw in Olympia: A lawmaker’s job is not so much to pass good bills, but to kill bad ones (because there are just a lot of bad ones). Good or bad, this time of year is “Bill Killing Season” at the state capitol, having just passed two deadlines for the hundreds of policy and fiscal bills introduced this session.
