Elizabeth Meyer

Lawmakers only were in session twelve days after taking a two-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Iowa Republicans still managed to push through bills that add hurdles to obtaining an abortion and voting by mail. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the Iowa Senate and Ashley Hinson in the Iowa House supported both efforts as they…

Lawmakers only were in session twelve days after taking a two-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Iowa Republicans still managed to push through bills that add hurdles to obtaining an abortion and voting by mail. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the Iowa Senate and Ashley Hinson in the Iowa House supported both efforts as they…

Lawmakers only were in session twelve days after taking a two-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Iowa Republicans still managed to push through bills that add hurdles to obtaining an abortion and voting by mail. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the Iowa Senate and Ashley Hinson in the Iowa House supported both efforts as they…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst in an interview refused to condemn President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory about an elderly protestor who was injured by a police officer, claiming she doesn’t “know the facts behind that situation.” Ernst was asked Tuesday on ABC News to respond to the president’s false assertion that a man who was shoved…

Iowa Democratic Reps. Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne joined more than 150 of their House colleagues in co-signing legislation that puts forth major changes to the way police departments operate in the United States. The Justice in Policing Act, introduced by Congresswoman Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was unveiled Monday in the wake…

Iowa Democratic Reps. Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne joined more than 150 of their House colleagues in co-signing legislation that puts forth major changes to the way police departments operate in the United States. The Justice in Policing Act, introduced by Congresswoman Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was unveiled Monday in the wake…

One of the benefits of writing a memoir, particularly for a politician, is the ability to tell your own story and influence voters’ perception of you. In “Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to the Country That Raised Me,” Joni Ernst says her debut book “is much more” than material for her 2020 reelection campaign. Beyond…

One of the benefits of writing a memoir, particularly for a politician, is the ability to tell your own story and influence voters’ perception of you. In “Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to the Country That Raised Me,” Joni Ernst says her debut book “is much more” than material for her 2020 reelection campaign. Beyond…

Abby Finkenauer has fought against the practice of evading federal wage protections for workers since she was a member of the Iowa Legislature. Now she has taken her efforts to Congress and secured provisions in House Democrats’ multi-faceted infrastructure package. “I’ve been fighting since I came to Congress to get Iowa’s infrastructure priorities on the agenda,” Finkenauer…

J.D. Scholten, and most political observers, entered 2020 believing the Democrat was set for a rematch this fall with Congressman Steve King. Then, on Jan. 9 of last year, state Sen. Randy Feenstra announced his candidacy for the 4th District seat. The next day, an article was published in the New York Times that led…