KIRO Newsradio Commentaries

How did you spend father's day?   Was it with your father, or remembering him with a barbeque or something fun.

It today's commentary, KIRO Newsradio's Matt Markovich has some words for fathers who don't get what father's day is all about.

Following the ruling by the Supreme Court rejecting a challenge to mifepristone, could the next challenge surronding reproductive rights be a battle over men? 

Left-lane camping has been a problem around here for as long as I can remember. No matter how many public awareness campaigns the traffic commission undertakes, no matter how many emphasis patrols the WSP rolls out, no matter how many times we collectively complain… the campers keep camping.

As Garfield High School and the larger community grieve the loss of another student to gun violence, some are calling for a return to school resource officers.

Here’s Angela Poe Russell with today’s commentary.

Studies show that Weather is the most important element in newscast, that's why a TV station's metorologist appears five times in a single every hour. After KIRO Newsradio's Matt Markovich felt rain when it was predicted to be dry, he wanted to know more about what exactly IS a weather forecast 

In today's commentary Dave Ross takes a look at the daily high that drivers are seeing on our toll roads. But he asks the question, why should we tell people what to do with their money? 

Thread and a ladder.

That was one visitor’s response to an act of bigotry in our backyard.

And in that simple, practical response there is an example for the rest of us.

Earlier this week in Congress,  Republicans were grilling Attorney General Merrick Garland -- implying that he's weaponized the Justice Department and even conspired to arrange Donald Trump's conviction in New York.

President Biden and Vice President Harris visit Seattle recently to raise money for their campaigns.

KIRO Newsradio's Matt Markovich believes we are all owed a service fee for our collective inconvenience. 

100 asylum seekers who were originally being hosted by a church now face eviction from a tent encampment in Kent.

Most of them don't speak English.

Their nomadic journey has KIRO's Matt Markovich wondering -- who will be responsible for them?