DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today her Judicial Safety bill has passed out of subcommittee in the Iowa Senate. The Judicial Safety Bill makes it a “C” felony — up to 10 years in prison — to make threats against judges and their …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that Katie’s Law and Victims Protection--key bills in her 2026 legislative priorities--passed out of subcommittee today in the Iowa Senate. Katie’s Law has been enacted in some form in over 30 states and …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general to ask the Trump administration to fix President Biden’s unworkable formaldehyde rule. Formaldehyde ensures families have access to safe food and …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today at a press conference a new community initiative in collaboration with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Ring (an Amazon company) to support domestic violence survivors with technology …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird is launching a new funding opportunity to help communities across the state respond to the opioid crisis. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has secured over $365 million for Iowa through settlements with opioid …
DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has concluded a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s rewrite of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a mandate that threatened school accommodations for students. The mandate illegally …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has filed a lawsuit against 18 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and insulin manufacturers asserting they have manipulated and inflated insulin prices to profit at the expense of Iowans using life- …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is co-leading with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti a coalition of 26 states and territories in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day …
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that she has filed three lawsuits against contractors in Boone, Woodbury, and Polk counties for conducting illegal excavations, some of which resulted in damage to underground utilities. She is also …
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced an arrest for the murder of Christian Balke-Thompson who disappeared in 2020. The Iowa Cold Case unit helped investigate the case. Attorney General Bird launched the statewide unit in July 2024. …
DES MOINES—Today, two bills proposed by Attorney General Brenna Bird passed out of subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives. Katie’s Law Enacted in some form in over 30 states already, this bill requires DNA collection from individuals arrested …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she joined a coalition of 20 states to defend churches and other religious institutions from California’s anti-religious targeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID pandemic, California …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has joined a letter to the EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers in support of a new federal “Waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) Rule. The letter also suggests changes to the rule to protect the states …
DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird held a press conference in the historic Iowa Supreme Court Chamber at the Iowa State Capitol to announce four of her office’s 2026 legislative priorities. Speakers at the press conference also included: “As …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging the elimination of “reputation risk” in banking supervisory programs. These banking …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has co-led a letter to the Department of Justice asking them to investigate two U.S. based non-profits for their ties to China: Energy Foundation China and Center for Climate Integrity. Energy …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has sued the online gaming company Roblox for failing to take necessary steps to protect Iowa kids from sexual exploitation, facilitating distribution of child sex abuse material, and failing to …
DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she is leading a coalition of 10 states to defend the rights of states’ insurance agencies to regulate the transfer of employee pensions in a case before the Fourth Circuit. It is common practice …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has joined a bipartisan letter to OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other major artificial intelligence software production and distribution companies demanding more quality control and other …
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a victory in the case against Travis Broughton and his Omaha-based stem cell companies Omaha Stem Cells, LLC and Regenerative Medicine and Anti-Aging Institutes of Omaha, LLC. The court has agreed …
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