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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Opinion | Republicans are using real issues to try to defund universities

Opinion | Republicans are using real issues to try to defund universities

Evan Weidl, Opinions Editor November 1, 2023

Once again, education is on the federal funding chopping block — and not for a good reason. In recent weeks, some Republican politicians have called to defund some U.S. colleges over the presence...

Sen. Joni Ernst listens to questions from The Daily Iowan Politics Team in her office in the Russell Office Building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Ernst calls for Washington federal employees to come back to work in person

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor September 13, 2023

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced legislation Wednesday to require federal employees to report to work in person.  A July Government Accountability Office analysis of workforce trends found...

Grassley, Ernst: Iowa trade to be protected in NAFTA renegotiation

Grassley, Ernst: Iowa trade to be protected in NAFTA renegotiation

March 14, 2017

By Maria Curi [email protected] WASHINGTON – Several hours before participating in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 14 to consider the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be the U.S....

Ernst bill on Planned Parenthood fails

Ernst bill on Planned Parenthood fails

August 4, 2015

A proposal pushed by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to defund Planned Parenthood failed to pass the U.S. Senate on Monday. The bill would have stripped more than $500 million in funding from the organization...