Good Morning! Today is Thursday, February 26th, the 57th day of 2026. There are 308 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Bruce McClary of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling… Jim Carlin, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, joins us live… Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Shaffer Ridgeway, Practical Farmers of Iowa board member… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with congressional candidate Joe Mitchell (R-IA02)… Sen. Joni Ernst joins us live… Michael O’Neill, vice president of legal affairs for Landmark Legal Foundation, reacts to recent SCOTUS rulings in a live conversation… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Bob Monchamp of Revolution Concrete Mixers … and a new episode of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Moving the Needle” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “The Iowa legislature has settled on a 2% K-12 funding increase. Too much, too little, or about right?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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