Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, May 13th, the 133rd day of 2025. There are 232 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Democrat candidate for governor Rob Sand… Ed Martin, former U.S. Attorney for the D.C. Circuit now with the Department of Justice weaponization task force, joins us live… Michael Swanger, owner and publisher of Iowa History Journal magazine, previews the May/June issue… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on spring produce… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Dennis Kneale, author of “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk”… Zack Krawiec of Iowa-based Upvote and the Legible AI bill-tracking app… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Dr. Nancy Coleman on an upcoming exhibition at the Vesterheim in Decorah… Lily Tang-Williams on Chinese ownership of a water utility in New Hampshire… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Gina Wright on the Central Iowa Business Conference.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“More Dominoes Falling” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “The U.S. House “big beautiful bill” would add $20 trillion to the national debt over 10 years. Response?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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