Bob Paulling, CEO of Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative and Ryan Mosier, spokesman for Duke Energy, discuss a new report that says the Carolinas are at an elevated risk for blackouts this winter.
Host Jim NIedelman gets back to the Davenport mayoral race today. Four candidates made the Oct. 10 primary ballot: Yvonne Collins, Iowa State Rep. Ken Croken, incumbent Mayor Mike Matson and Brandon Westmoreland. Early voting is underway in the Davenport primary. Today, we learn a little more about Collins. She was born and raised in […]
This week five Americans imprisoned in Iran made it back to the United States. That’s after the Biden Administration agreed to give Iran access to about $6 billion of its assets that were frozen by the United States. Host Jim Niedelman returns with former Rock Island County Republican Party Chair Drue Mielke and former Rock […]
Illinois gets in bed with China to bring a new electric car battery plant to the state and plans to send carbon dioxide from ethanol plants out of Iowa to North Dakota hit a snag. Those are two of the topics we’ll tackle this week with former Rock Island County Republican Party Chair Bill Bloom […]
Host Jim Niedelman takes a closer look at what figures to be one of the more contentious races this November, if not the most contentious race on the ballot: The race for Davenport mayor. Three candidates have announced their intentions to run. But none has filed official paperwork yet with the City of Davenport to […]
The bitter fight over defense spending isn’t over yet. On Thursday night, members of the U. S. Senate gave the OK to the National Defense Authorization Act. It was an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 86 to 11. Now it’s time to work out the differences with the version Republicans passed in the house that would […]
Republicans on Capitol Hill explore the idea of impeachment hearings targeting President Biden. Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of billions of dollars. And Iowa’s attorney general plans to go after some of the biggest companies in the United States for their diversity policies. Host Jim Niedelman talks about that this morning with former […]
All of you know “4 the Record” host Jim Niedelman enjoys finding a funny moment involving a politician somewhere. He says he’s out of luck with the late-night comics and the writers’ strike, and he’s not above making fun of himself. This is only his second week back and some of you might have noticed […]