Articles Tagged: Ukraine

Sen. Joni Ernst is among the critics of President Joe Biden as Americans see higher prices when they fill up on gas. But recent claims on surging gas costs earn mixed grades.

A judge in Linn and Johnson county says he has no idea why he was included among 963 Americans who are permanently banned from entering Russia. Judge Patrick Grady has never visited the country.

The organization is allowing donors to donate points to support blood industry relief efforts in Ukraine through June 14.

Also, state lawmakers passed child care staffing ratio changes

Two months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Breckenridge family awaits news of when they might be able to bring Artem home.

If successful in Ukraine, Putin may move on Moldova, a non-NATO country where Russian forces are stationed, and the prime minister of Kosovo worries if Ukraine falls, Serbia will invade with support from Russian and China, Sen. Joni Ernst said.

The state said it is shipping unused protective helmets and vests from state and local law enforcement agencies to Ukraine, where they will be donated with the hope of helping Ukrainian military forces and citizens.

Some of the Aghan refugees have arrived in the Cedar Rapids area, and work to help relocate Ukrainian refugees here, too, has already begun.

Iowa is donating 146 protective helmets and 714 ballistic vests to Ukraine. They are excess expired equipment from the Department of Public Safety and 18 other law enforcement agencies.

Sean Kennedy, a City High and UI alum, is raising funds for World Central Kitchen’s work to feed Ukrainian refugees. He says the group wants the Ukrainians fleeing their homes to have food that “warms their heart as well as their body” at the border.

Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and nine other senators visited with military leaders, refugees and humanitarian groups "to demonstrate America's unwavering support for the freedom-loving people of Ukraine, and affirm the strength of the world's most powerful alliance.“

Officials with the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in the Cedar Rapids said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “startling parallels” with the 1968 Soviet Union occupation of former Czechoslovakia, which stopped the country’s path toward democracy for another 20 years.

Iowa’s Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst said Wednesday they support U.S. military aid to Ukraine, though Grassley cautioned against starting World War III.

One bill would create a state-funded psychiatry residency program in cooperation with the state’s mental health institutes, resource centers, training school Iowa Medical and Classification Center. Another would help mental health professionals pay school loans.

Cargill said Friday it will scale back its business activities and has stopped investment in Russia. But the company declined to specify where and how.