Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, July 1st, the 182st day of 2026. There are 183 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) joins us live to discuss the end-of-term U.S. Supreme Court rulings… Phil Sklar of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum on their new set of “America 250”-themed bobbles… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Zach Veigulis of Claimable, Inc… and a new episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Kaj O’Mara and Jan Ryherd.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Jack Taddeo of Bar-B-Clean of Des Moines… Joe Murphy of the Iowa Business Council with data from their new quarterly economic outlook survey… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Scott Samuelson on the “what do we stand for” series of meetings… Scott Meinecke, director of safety and loss control, Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives… 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.
“Leave it to Congress” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Will you be flying an American flag on Independence Day?” 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).
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