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Label Lookout – Spring ’24

Label Lookout, a semi-regular series at KRUI highlighting a few exciting contemporary record labels and what they have to offer. Here we feature six of the station’s favorite labels in this Spring ’24 Edition.

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Interview: Laura Bergus on Authoritarianism in Iowa

Lawyer and Iowa City city council member Laura Bergus talks about the alarming recent trend of authoritarianism in Iowa. She also elaborates on why the government is targeting trans people, and the purpose of the Back the Blue laws.

Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Russell Westbrook will miss the first couple weeks of the season after having a second arthroscopic knee surgery on his right knee on Tuesday morning.  Westbrook had his first surgery back on April 27th after he injured it in last years opening round playoff match up with the Houston Rockets. While his meniscus has healed up properly, this surgery was due to a loose stitch that has been causing some swelling from the last surgery back in April.  Having this surgery gives him the best chance to come back at 100 percent and to … Continued

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Geno Smith and EJ Manuel, two rookie quarterbacks, will find themselves thrust into starting roles when week one rolls around in about four days.  Smith will start for the New York Jets and Manuel will start for the Buffalo Bills. Smith finds himself starting after Mark Sanchez was banged up in the third preseason game and Manuel finds himself there after Kevin Kolb sustained a, what some people are calling, career threatening head injury. Both of these guys were big time college quarterbacks, Smith put up huge numbers at West Virginia and Manuel helped the Florida State Seminoles to an … Continued

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Darrelle Revis, the talented corner for the New York Jets is on the move.  Revis was traded by the Jets to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for this years 13th overall pick and a conditional 4th round pick in 2014 that could improve to a third round pick if Revis is on the Buc’s roster on the third day of the 2014 season. Revis admitted he was not happy with the way the Jets treated him and was especially unhappy when he found out he was being shopped around the league.  Revis is arguably the best defensive back in the NFL, … Continued

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The Yankees will now be without their star first baseman Mark Teixeira for the start of the season to go along with many other notable stars. Dylan Burn discusses what this means for the Yankees.

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