June 27, 2020 Sen. Joni Ernst on her bill to end lawless zones: 'If they want to be autonomous, then they can exist w/o federal money' If lawless protest zones like Seattle's "CHOP" want to exist autonomously, they can do so without federal taxpayer dollars, Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst stated Saturday.
June 26, 2020 Ernst bill would cut funds to cities, states that allow CHOP-type zones Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst introduced legislation on Thursday to end federal funding for states and localities that "obstruct the rule of law" by allowing autonomous zones to exist outside of police control.
June 24, 2020 Iowa police chief claims Facebook comment purportedly calling BLM protesters 'road bumps' was 'a total accident' A police chief in Iowa apologized Tuesday and said that his Facebook comment that appeared to refer to Black Lives Matter protesters as “road bumps” was just a “horrible mistake” and a “total accident.”
June 16, 2020 Trump edges Biden 44-43 in tight Iowa race: poll A new poll in the one-time swing state indicates a tight contest between President Trump and his 2020 Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
June 16, 2020 Iowa high school baseball team kneels during national anthem to start season An Iowa high school baseball team started its season on Monday by kneeling during the national anthem in support of "Black Lives Matter" and racial injustice, according to multiple reports.
June 8, 2020 Deadly unrest: Here are the people who have died amid George Floyd protests across US Among those killed as protests over the death of George Floyd have roiled American cities are a retired police captain, a beloved owner of a barbecue restaurant and a former star football player known as “Mr. Indianapolis."
June 1, 2020 2 killed in Iowa unrest, city's mayor asks for National Guard support Two people were killed and two others-- including a Davenport police officer-- were injured during overnight unrest in Iowa and the city's mayor is asking for the support of the National Guard to keep protests stemming from the death of George Floyd under control.
May 28, 2020 PPE fee means patients could pay more at dentist's office As dental offices across the country resume services after closing their office doors during the pandemic, they have new guidelines from the American Dental Association to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
May 20, 2020 Nursing homes swindling residents out of their coronavirus stimulus checks, FTC warns The Federal Trade Commission has warned that nursing homes in Iowa, as well as other states, have been coercing residents on Medicaid to hand over their coronavirus stimulus checks.
May 19, 2020 Ernst backs Graham bid to subpoena Obama officials in unmasking probe: 'We need to get to the bottom of this' Senate Judiciary Committee member Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Tuesday that she would support issuing subpoenas to Obama-era Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and FBI Director James Comey, as well as former CIA Director John Brennan and former National Security Adviser Susan Rice.