by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 18, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Senator Joni Ernst says the fourth indictment against former President Trump has had little impact on the 2024 presidential race. “Folks are really becoming desensitized because there are so many indictments out there,” Ernst said earlier this...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 11, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she’s introducing bipartisan legislation to help address the state’s chronic shortage of physicians. Ernst says the legislation focuses on a waiver program that grants foreign doctors who attended medical school in the U.S. the ability to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 28, 2023 | Military, News
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says it is just a matter of time before the USS Sioux City and the other 11 littoral combat ships in its class are decommissioned. Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and says the Navy will mothball...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 26, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa’s two U.S. senators say NASA’s lunar research may help improve food production and resource conservation on Earth. The lawmakers joined NASA astronaut Raja Chari for a discussion at Grinnell College this morning. Chari, who was raised in Cedar Falls,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 22, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is making a renewed pitch for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act she and 20 other Senate Republicans are co-sponsoring. She opposes a Biden Administration proposal to allow some restrictions in competitive high school and college...