As an educator who taught for two decades at rural high schools in Eastern Iowa, Rita Hart has taken a strong stand on what she believes needs to happen in order for students to safely return to their classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday morning,...
Upon learning that local officials in Dubuque were ordered to slow down coronavirus testing there, Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer sent a letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds asking why procedures and hours of operation at the Test Iowa clinic were being changed. On Monday,...
As President Donald Trump threatens to station federal law enforcement officers in Democratic-run cities across the country, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said she supports sending federal officers to cities where federal property is at risk. "We are not going to stand idly...
What happens when an elected Republican official spends all their time in a right-wing bubble? They start to sound like Sen. Joni Ernst, who seemed totally unprepared to answer some basic and common questions about her policy and political goals in an Iowa Press...
Sen. Joni Ernst told a panel of journalists today on "Iowa Press" that she would support holding hearings and votes for a new Supreme Court justice late in 2020 if an opening on the nation's highest court became available. "(If) it is a lame-duck session, I would...
When Jennifer Jensen was diagnosed with a chronic reproductive system disease, she thought she would never be able to have children, and if she could, it would be an expensive and painful process to try and get pregnant. But with the care and attention of a...
When Jennifer Jensen was diagnosed with a chronic reproductive system disease, she thought she would never be able to have children, and if she could, it would be an expensive and painful process to try and get pregnant. But with the care and attention of a...
Two women in Iowa are jockeying to position themselves as the Senate candidate with the best small-town credentials in order to win a state where the rural vote looms large. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, whose infamous hog castrating ad in 2014 introduced her image...
A report issued Tuesday morning by State Auditor Rob Sand details the complicated, four-step reporting chain implemented by the Iowa Department of Public Health to process coronavirus test results from Test Iowa clinics, a reporting chain Sand believes to be...
In the wake of a new poll showing Sen. Joni Ernst trailing her Democratic opponent, End Citizens United is out with a new ad highlighting the Iowa senator's paper trail of PAC donations and campaign finance violations. The 30-second spot is part of a $1.1 million...
