Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, October 1st, the 275th day of 2024. There are 91 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Kim Pang of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment on the latest application for Cedar Rapids to have a downtown casino… a live conversation with former federal prosecutor and author John O’Connor on the latest appellate argument concerning Donald Trump’s conviction for fraud in New York… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on cinnamon contamination… Frank Lasee, author of “Climate and Energy Lies: Expensive, Dangerous and Destructive,” joins us live… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Joe Murphy of the Iowa Business Council shared data from the group’s new quarterly member survey… Linda McMahon, chair of the America First Policy Institute and former administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration joined us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Steve Darnall, publisher of “Nostalgia Digest” and host of KXEL’s “Radio’s Golden Age” program…Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird… Trent England of Save Our States… and A.J. Rice, author of “The White Privilege Album”.
Today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “All-time major league baseball hits leader Pete Rose died Monday. Should he be in the Baseball Hall of Fame?” To vote, click on the link above, or go to kxel.com/poll.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“They Used To Be Funny” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
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