Good Morning! Today is Thursday, April 16th, the 106th day of 2026. There are 259 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Will Hild of Consumers’ Research on woke insurance companies… Mitch Rolling of Always On Energy Research joins us live to talk about modern electric grid economics… Travis Trawick of FullPAC on how political money is increasingly becoming untraceable… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-New Hartford)… a live conversation with Jonah Wendt of Advancing American Freedom on misuse of the federal FACE Act… Kelsey Sutter of the Iowa Pork Producers Association gives details on the 2026 Iowa’s Best Breaded Tenderloin Contest… and a new edition of the popular podcast “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.
“Tax Savings” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “How did your federal income tax return turn out this year as opposed to last?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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