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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, July 21st, the 202nd day of 2026. There are 163 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Beth Milito of the National Federation for Independent Business joins us live to discuss efforts to have Congress codify current policy eliminating some government reporting requirements for businesses… Iowa farmer John Gilbert of the Farm Action Fund on why the “Save Our Bacon” Act is bad for Iowa producers… Vicky Hausman of the American Service Project and pollster Alex Lundry of Redbud Consulting on a new survey showing overwhelming support among Iowa voters for a young adult, national service program… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Denise Schwab and Beth Reynolds on an upcoming fencing/grazing clinic… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Beth Townsend of Iowa Workforce Development… Richard V. Battle, author of the “AmeriCANS Who Made America” series, joined us live… Scot Bertram of “Radio Free Hillsdale Hour” with UNO professor Carson Holloway, author of “No Liberty to Libel: The Constitutional Case Against New York Times v. Sullivan”… and the new edition of “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood  is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

“What Do You Want to Know?” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Should the U.S. impose monetary sanctions on Canada for damages due to the wildfire smoke?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.

Scroll down for today’s KXEL Morning News summary…and as always, contact us via email (kxel@kxel.com) or text (319-235-1540).

Make the most of your day!