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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published April 24, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

Today's headlines:

  • a proposal to let people vote on lowering their property taxes in Illinois,
  • Iowa legislators continue working on a tax cut bill,
  • and road construction closes Maquoketa Caves State Park.

Sunny today, with a high near 73.
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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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