HeyJaredJeff Stein
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 83
- Latest publication
- Oct 1, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for News/Talk 1540 KXEL
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
Latest articles
KXEL Morning News for Thu. Oct. 01, 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (KCRG) – The Marshalltown Police Department has arrested a man following an investigation into a suspicious infant death. Police say they learned of the infant’s death at a Marshalltown emergency room on August 29. The infant’s body was autopsied by the state Medical Examiner’s Office, and investigations continued with the help of the state Division of Criminal Investigation. Around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, detectives arrested 19-year-old Yonatan Vasquez-Avalos, of Marshalltown.
Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein — Wed. Sep. 30, 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Iowa Democrats say the state is running a major budget deficit. Iowa Republicans say they are following the state Constitution and the budget is balanced each fiscal year. Only in the world of politics and government can both statements be true—and they are. The state is spending, through legislatively-approved appropriations, more than it is taking in each year. By all normal math, that’s a deficit. But there is so much money in the state surplus fund, any overages in spending are covered by ta
KXEL Morning News for Wed. Sep. 30, 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Governor Kim Reynolds has called state lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session on Friday. This comes after President Trump announced the nation’s largest ever steel plant is coming to Lee County, in southeast Iowa. The Mesabi Metallics plant aims to begin producing steel in 2030. It’s set to create up to 6,000 jobs during construction and more than 1,700 permanent jobs. The $15 billion dollar plant is expected to generate $95 billion dollars for Iowa’s economy. The governor says beca
Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein — Tue. Sep. 29, 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
There was a lot of buzz last week about a possible special session of the Iowa Legislature, regarding incentives to lure a major steel plant to the state. Even some on the GOP side of the aisle were curious about the timing, only five weeks before an election…and why it had to be done now, instead of waiting for the regular legislative session in January. The Oval Office was full yesterday afternoon, as the President announced that Mesabi Metallics would build a new $15 billion mega-steel plant
Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein — Mon. Sep. 28, 2026 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Bad Business Karma You’ve often heard of businesses that offer prizes if something happens—a free cup of coffee on national coffee day, a free slice of pizza if a team wins a football game. Those are all positive things. You may have heard about the brewery in Wisconsin a few years ago that offered free beer to customers whenever President Trump dies. They went so far as to post on social media about it after each assassination attempt, saying “we almost got free beer today” and hoping someone i
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5M sites
For News/Talk 1540 KXEL, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.