Elizabeth Meyer
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Ernst: Appoint Lame-Duck SCOTUS Justice Even If Trump, GOP Loses
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 support going ahead with any hearings we might…
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Iowan To Ernst: ‘Protect Iowans,’ Not Health Insurance Industry
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 supportive medical team in Iowa, Jensen, who lives in…
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Iowan To Ernst: ‘Protect Iowans,’ Not Health Insurance Industry
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 supportive medical team in Iowa, Jensen, who lives in…
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How Theresa Greenfield Is Trying To Win Back The Rural Vote
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 as an Iowa farm girl, is being met by fellow farm…
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LULAC, Majority Forward Sue Over Iowa Absentee Voting Restrictions
In response to new absentee voting restrictions, Iowa’s League of United Latin American Citizens partnered with the progressive organization Majority Forward in filing a lawsuit to overturn the rules. LULAC and Majority Forward filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Johnson County District Court and seek to reverse the new law ahead of Election Day Nov. 3.…
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LULAC, Majority Forward Sue Over Iowa Absentee Voting Restrictions
In response to new absentee voting restrictions, Iowa’s League of United Latin American Citizens partnered with the progressive organization Majority Forward in filing a lawsuit to overturn the rules. LULAC and Majority Forward filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Johnson County District Court and seek to reverse the new law ahead of Election Day Nov. 3.…
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State Auditor: Test Iowa Reporting System Is Flawed
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 illegal and “risky.” The 17-page report was produced in light of concerns about reporting issues…
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Women-Led Labor Group Raises Thousands For Dubuque Food Pantry
The Women’s Committee for the 11th District IBEW has turned economic uncertainty and public health concerns around the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to boost a Dubuque food pantry, raising funds through bottle and can collection and private donations to help families in need. The women’s committee, organized last November to bring together IBEW women…
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Women-Led Labor Group Raises Thousands For Dubuque Food Pantry
The Women’s Committee for the 11th District IBEW has turned economic uncertainty and public health concerns around the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to boost a Dubuque food pantry, raising funds through bottle and can collection and private donations to help families in need. The women’s committee, organized last November to bring together IBEW women…
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End Citizens United Ad Targets Ernst’s ‘Dark Money’ Ties
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 TV and digital ad buy tying Ernst to “dark money”…
