Articles Tagged: Iowa Supreme Court

‘We live to fight another day,’ state senator says

A 3-3 decision by the Iowa Supreme Court on a so-called fetal heartbeat bill means abortion remains legal in Iowa, for now, until the 20th week of pregnancy. The ruling throws the issue back to state lawmakers.

Gov. Kim Reynolds seeking to reinstate 2018 law that would ban abortions once fetal heartbeat detected

The Iowa Supreme Court says a former Division of Criminal Investigation agent who alleged he was fired in 2013 for being a whistleblower can’t retroactively seek extra civil damages.

Joshua Venckus alleged the case was pursued against him although he had what he described as an airtight alibi.

Also, governor signs butchery grant bill

The Iowa Supreme Court declined to rule on the state’s appeal, saying the question is moot since Medicaid has been complying with a lower court’s 2021 ruling to pay for gender transition care

Iowa House Republican lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that would define and in some cases

Ruling sets standard for government, advocates say

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the lead plaintiff in an abortion case now before the Iowa Supreme Court, attended Tuesday’s oral arguments after bypassing the public entrance to the Judicial Branch Building and entering the secure area where the justices maintain their private offices.

Justices will be asked to clear way for ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill

In 2009, a minor controversy in a mid-sized town in Indiana involving two homosexual penguins was resolved when the penguins …

Iowa is facing a severe shortage of contract lawyers willing to represent indigent defendants, meaning the 562 lawyers still taking those cases sometimes face “grueling” caseloads. That number is almost a 50 percent decrease since 2014.

The suit was filed in December 2021 after the governor’s office had failed to respond for up to 18 months to records requests from three separate organizations.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: private school financial assistance on the fast track, LGBTQ legislation takes a left turn in the Iowa House, and lawmakers bring the death penalty debate back from the dead.