If you meet Salvador "Chava" Aguirre, 48, you will instantly like him. He has that easy-going personality and once you get to know him better, you want to become his friend. Knowing Chava for many years, I would say that his heart is as big as his height, 6 feet 7...
The latest sign of the turning tide in Iowa's U.S. Senate race came Thursday when the Cook Political Report dubbed the contest a toss-up, tugging the seat further from first-term Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. The nonpartisan election analyzer began the summer with...
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,...
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...
