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News Digest 1-5-24
Reaction to the school shooting in Perry…Haley and DeSantis hold back-to-back town halls in Iowa.
News Digest 1-4-24
The White House is pressuring House Republicans to approve a government spending plan…Iowa business groups are pushing for legislation to allow foreign businesses to buy Iowa farmland for large developments.
Talking Pictures 1-3-24
Talking Pictures with Hollis Monroe, Monica Schmidt and Denny Lynch, who rate the best and worst films of 2023.
News Digest 1-3-24
Harvard’s president is resigning following criticism of her congressional testimony over antisemitism…students in Iowa are calling on the legislature to make changes to the state’s gun laws.
KCCK’s Featured Album for January 2024
The KCCK Featured Album for January is “Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings.” On May 15, 1953, five of jazz’s most influential musicians–Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach–gathered at Toronto’s Massey Hall for what would result in their first and only known recording as a quintet. This …
News Digest 1-2-24
Nearly 50 people are dead following an earthquake in Japan…the suspect in a drive-by shooting is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Cedar Rapids.
News Digest 12-29-23
Nikki Haley defends her comments on the Civil War…a group of GOP lawmakers wants to ban carbon capture pipelines in Iowa.
News Digest 12-28-23
A coalition of mayors wants help from the feds to deal with migrants being sent north from Texas…Governor Reynolds is being criticized for her decision regarding summer food aid for low-income kids.