Category Archives: Blogs

Fall Ballot Yesterday was the Iowa Primary, and while we could have predicted this based on polling in advance, we now have official word. There are five so-called federal races on the Iowa ballotR...

On the Tuesday, June 02, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Twin Cities radio host Matt McNeil on the George Floyd death and aftermath Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Rad...

Not the Same Among the silliest things I heard yesterday in light of the riots across America and the continuing pandemic…and there were many…was criticism of Iowa’s governor for enc...

On the Monday, June 01, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Bruce Clark and Jerry Gallagher shared information about this year’s Cedar Valley Character Counts “Champion...

Finances The Iowa legislature reconvenes Wednesday and the major topic of business will be approving a budget for the fiscal year beginning one month from today. A survey by the personal finance websi...

On the Friday, May 29, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green and Cedar Falls high school student senate president Rachel Brokenshire on today’s Seni...

Back to Partisanship The Iowa General Assembly gavels back into session after nearly three months off due to the pandemic next week. The main thing they have to accomplish is getting a budget approved...

On the Thursday, May 28, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Waterloo Bucks GM Dan Corbin on the delayed start to the baseball season Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio...

Trademarks The University of Iowa has gotten some bad press lately. It’s been reported as the big bad university sending its lawyers after innocent folks who are simply using the tiger hawk and ...

On the Wednesday, May 27, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Jenna Ellis, attorney and senior legal adviser to the Trump Pence 2020 campaign Legal analyst Loretta Powers KXEL̵...