Elizabeth Meyer

Sen. Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield will square off today in the first debate between the two candidates for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat. To watch, tune in to “Iowa Press” at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS or stream the hourlong program live on iowapbs.org. Coming into tonight’s debate, the first of three between the two women,…

Joni Ernst’s Lindsey Graham moment came in 2018 during an editorial board interview in which the Iowa senator told reporters a precedent was set in 2016 not to confirm a Supreme Court justice in an election year. Much like Sen. Graham, who in 2016 said “I want you to use my words against me” when he…

Joni Ernst’s Lindsey Graham moment came in 2018 during an editorial board interview in which the Iowa senator told reporters a precedent was set in 2016 not to confirm a Supreme Court justice in an election year. Much like Sen. Graham, who in 2016 said “I want you to use my words against me” when he…

Mariannette Miller-Meeks kicked off the month of September with a new ad criticizing her Democratic opponent, who holds no elected office, for doing “nothing to protect us from the pandemic.” Miller-Meeks, meanwhile, is a state senator, physician and former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health who suggested Iowans trust an unproven drug therapy to…

The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with a new ad today criticizing Democrat Rita Hart for supporting a tax credit aimed at boosting Iowa’s economy through investments in renewable chemicals, a growing sector in the state that benefits farmers and the rural economy. The 30-second ad says Hart, running for an open seat in…

Ashley Hinson said during a recent Iowa Public Radio interview her goal, when it comes to federal family planning policy, is “to save as many lives as possible,” referring to abortion. Hinson’s stated goal, however, is in stark contrast with the reality in Iowa, where Planned Parenthood clinics across the state closed and abortions increased…

At a time when the American public is reading headlines about Congress primarily focused on how politicians have failed to come together on another coronavirus relief package, Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer passed two bills through the House of Representatives this week focused on pandemic safety for childcare providers and small businesses’ access to international trade…

Over the summer, in the midst of daily protests in Iowa and across the country decrying racial inequality and police brutality, Sen. Joni Ernst met with Black community leaders in Des Moines to hear their concerns and take ideas back to Washington, D.C. Two months later, Ernst has turned the national conversation into a campaign…

Over the summer, in the midst of daily protests in Iowa and across the country decrying racial inequality and police brutality, Sen. Joni Ernst met with Black community leaders in Des Moines to hear their concerns and take ideas back to Washington, D.C. Two months later, Ernst has turned the national conversation into a campaign…