The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that two restaurants cannot collect damages from insurance policies for losing business following the governor’s March 2020 order requiring restaurants to temporarily stop in-person dining amid rising COVID-19 cases.
The attorney was accused of misappropriating clients’ funds. He reportedly pocketed funds for himself and didn’t inform clients of a court’s judgment.
The court's unanimous decision leaves Abby Finkenauer as the likely front-runner in a race with two lesser-known candidates ahead of Iowa's June 7 primary. The winner will run against Chuck Grassley, provided he wins a GOP primary.
Many Democrats see as the former U.S. representative as their best chance — albeit a remote one — to deny Chuck Grassley an eighth Senate term.
Finkenauer will ask the Iowa Supreme Court to reverse a Sunday night ruling by a Polk County District Court judge that she did not submit enough signatures on nomination petitions to qualify for the Democratic primary, preventing her from facing likely GOP nominee U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in the November general election.
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld much of a 2019 jury verdict that found the state discriminated against a transgender state prison employee by denying him the use of men's restrooms and locker rooms.
Bill to permit warrantless search of abandoned garbage goes to governor
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday formally recognized transitional alimony as a new type of support that may be considered in divorce cases, joining several other states that have accepted the practice.
Proponents say bills changing the staffing ratios and allowing younger workers to operate with less supervision would allow flexibility in child care facilities, but opponents say the changes could make those settings less safe for children.
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a 2020 law that introduced a 24-hour waiting period before a person could obtain an abortion in Iowa. In appealing the case, the state is asking the court to overturn a 2018 state Supreme Court ruling that upheld the fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Gov. Kim Reynolds by a group of six Des Moines-area bars that challenged her brief shutdown of their businesses in August and September 2020 when COVID-19 was rapidly spreading.
Subpoenas are expected to be issued early next week as part of the investigation into conduct that led Gov. Kim Reynolds to reject two nominees for an open judgeship. The committee is seeking documents and testimony from people involved the judicial nominating process.
DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Black man's argument that he was denied his right to an impartial jury because of a flawed process that excluded Black people and resulted in only white jurors.
DES MOINES — Parents must be given preference in regaining custody of their children in cases where other people have been caring for the children through a guardianship, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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