Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, September 30th, the 273rd day of 2026. There are 92 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… E.J. Antoni, Chief Economist, Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Paul Smith of Locke Funeral Home on “The Final Salute” to veteran Lester McMullen… a live conversation with Patrick Amoresano, author of “Honoring the Legacy of Charlie Kirk”… and an encore presentation of a favorite edition of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” with Paul Pate (R-Secretary of State)… State Auditor Rob Sand… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Steven Eilers of ISU Extension on the upcoming fall garden symposium… Clayton County farmer Joe Schirbroun on the role of research in agriculture… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Deficit or Surplus” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Which term do you prefer: Artificial Intelligence or Super Intelligence, as the President now calls it?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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