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.
Watch live as Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Iowa National Guard adjutant general, delivers the annual Condition of the Guard address at the Iowa statehouse at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen tells legislators “the court system is 100 percent fully operational, but we are continuing some practices adopted on an emergency basis” to keep proceedings moving “without jeopardizing health or conflicting with their work schedules.”
Watch live as Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen addresses Iowa lawmakers on the Condition of the Judiciary in the Capitol at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Iowa Supreme Court has given the Burlington woman’s family another chance to gain full access to the 911 call and police video of the 2015 incident in which Autumn Steele was fatally shot by police.
Iowa property owners who ask to remove their names from online property searches to conceal their address may keep their names confidential under a ruling the Iowa Supreme Court published Friday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Masks will continue to be required in Iowa courtrooms and some proceedings may continue to be held via teleconference under orders issued Monday by the Iowa Supreme Court chief justice.
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a district court decision that the state is not wrongfully denying liberty to sex offenders who aren’t eligible for parole because they haven’t been able to get into a required treatment program in Iowa’s prison system.
Robert Gast, a Fort Dodge native, has been named the state court administrator for the Iowa Judicial Branch.
Drake University law professor thinks the effort by statehouse Republicans to get the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn its 2018 abortion ruling is unlikely to be successful.
Order requires masks in all courthouses across the state, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.
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