After two-plus years fighting a medical negligence lawsuit involving the death of a 75-year-old University of Iowa cancer patient — who was found unresponsive on the floor next to her inpatient bed three days postsurgery — the state has negotiated a settlement to pay the family $1.5 million.
A federal lawsuit, which is the second for the City of Cedar Rapids involving former police dog Ace, was settled for $50,000. The dog bit a teen wrongly arrested in 2020. The settlement was approved Tuesday.
In April 2023, Toledo city officials publicly condemned one of its police officers, Kyle Howe, for multiple instances of excessive force.
Musk and Trump administration face other lawsuits challenging billionaire’s access to government data
On the podcast this week, the legislative session opens and Gov. Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address, state lawmakers consider a casino moratorium, and Joni Ernst has made up her mind on Pete Hegseth.
On the podcast this week, we preview the legislative session and talk about Rita Hart being re-elected as Iowa Democrats’ state leader.
State officials have agreed to postpone enforcement a new Iowa law that would restrict vape sales in the state in response to a lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional.
The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging Cargill’s construction of a now-completed rail yard in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa’s unemployment, labor force participation rate ticks up
President-elect Donald Trump and his lawyers ramped up their legal campaign against news outlets, filing a lawsuit late Monday against renowned Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register and the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett.
The estate of a man who was shot and killed by Eastern Iowa police after a high-speed chase in 2022 is now suing the officers involved.
Last week, Central State Bank, headquartered in Coralville, was sued over its alleged practice of imposing multiple overdraft fees on single transactions.
A federal judge on Sunday denied a request by civil rights groups to block a directive from Iowa’s top elections official to challenge the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans whose U.S. citizenship is unclear just days ahead of Tuesday’s election.
A Scott County jury awarded more than $1.6 million to the family of a LeClaire man, finding his former Tipton doctor liable for not properly treating a staph bacteria infection while he was recovering from spine surgery.
A prosecutor dropped a the harassment charge against a UI FIJi member, two days after a woman, who sued the frat member and the fraternity and its national affiliates, announced the lawsuit had been settled.
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