Articles Tagged: Brenna Bird

Iowa leaders praised former President Jimmy Carter as a dedicated public servant and global humanitarian who used the Iowa caucuses in 1976 to propel the little-known peanut farmer turned Georgia governor to the White House — putting both him and Iowa in the national spotlight.

State agency officials and legislative leaders continued to hurl accusations at each other over the state’s oversight of the Judicial Branch operations

A group of nonprofit advocacy organizations is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges new, federally mandated staffing levels in nursing homes.

Pate, the state’s top elections official, had requested federal citizenship information for more than 2,000 Iowans in his effort to prevent non-citizens from voting in the Nov. 5 elections

Also, a baby girl born Nov. 11 was surrendered through Iowa’s Safe Haven Law

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds accepts honor for the state’s tax policy

Brenna Bird leads 23-state coalition demanding end to ‘illegitimate’ cases

The U.S. Department of Justice has contacted an unnamed state official about Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s directive, according to Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.

Also, Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment begins Friday

A coding error resulted in the misallocation of more than $27.5 million in court fees over 4 budget years, according to the Iowa Judicial Branch

Another 67 illegally registered to vote, and the legal status of 2,022 more who registered or voted remains unknown, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says.

Attorneys representing Iowa teachers and students have filed a new request asking a federal district court again block an Iowa law that has resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa public schools, including literary classics and those by Nobel Prize winners.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: State board approves $6.35M investment to expand ethanol, biodiesel availability.

Also, Iowa AG Bird joins lawsuit against federal law to cap rates and limit fees on phone calls by inmates

Also, Iowa Republican AG demands info from Democratic fundraiser ActBlue