Hour 1 of The Dawn Stensland Show:
- Local News Headlines/News Rundown.
- New York Police Department have announced that Frank R. James is a suspect in Tuesday morning’s Brooklyn subway shooting. According to reports, nearly two-dozen people were injured during the shooting.
- During his speech in Iowa, President Joe Biden referred to inflation as “Putin’s price hike.”
- Economist Kurt Couchman—Americans for Prosperity—joins the show to discuss Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index Report which indicated an 8.5% inflation rate. According to Couchman, current inflation levels could cost the average household an additional $5,200 annually to maintain current standards of living.
- Consumers are beginning to notice “shrinkflation” at the grocery store—an occurrence when prices remain stable, but portions get smaller.
- Testimony in the federal bribery trial of Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson has concluded. Jurors will now decide the politician’s fate. Councilmember Johnson has been accused of accepting nearly $67,000 in bribes.
- During last night’s Phillies game, the crowd gave third baseman Alec Bohm a standing ovation. Earlier in the week Bohm apologized to fans for a mid-game derogatory comment following three errors.
