Articles Tagged: Iowa Attorney General

Legislation that would allow dairy farms in Iowa to sell raw milk to consumers is headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird had joined the legal effort to halt the federal rule

Victim advocates are urging Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to continue allowing the state’s victim compensation funds to cover contraception and abortion care for rape victims, noting a majority of those served by the fund are juvenile victims of sexual abuse.

Attorney general picks Lanny Zieman for job dealing with Iowa utilities

The Iowa House passed a more than 1,500-page bill that would cut the number of cabinet-level state agencies and eliminate hundreds of vacant positions. The bill now goes to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.

Among the bills that didn't survive Friday's “funnel” deadline were those dealing with abortion as the governor’s office and legislative leaders await an Iowa Supreme Court ruling on a “heartbeat” law that would ban abortions after 6 weeks.

While the proposal restates existing law, county attorneys worry it could enable the AG to undermine their work

Also, Senate axes retail birth control from health care bill

Iowa's congressional delegation joined bipartisan lawmakers from Midwestern states in a letter calling on the Biden administration to permit the sale of higher ethanol fuel blends year-round.

The Republican attorney general made the request recently to state lawmakers.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources no longer has a deadline by which C6-Zero must clean up a Marengo explosion site, but is requiring the company to pay more than $400,000 for the work.

State and local regulators will be joined by C6-Zero representatives for a hearing Monday in Iowa County over whether a judge should force the company to comply with an emergency order to clean up the site of a Dec. 8 explosion and fire.

Brenna Bird this week signs on to GOP letter from 200 Republican attorneys general to Walgreens and CVS

Delivery of a drug resulting in a death would carry up to a 25-year sentence under a bill proposed by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.

Iowa voters would have the potential to recall an elected official under a proposed amendment that advanced in the Iowa Senate Tuesday.