As president of a national attorneys general group, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller wants "a better and quicker early warning system for consumers on the basic fundamental frauds,” such as Social Security and IRS fraud and utility shutoffs.
U.S. District Court judge rejects a $4.3 billion settlement, including Iowa’s estimated $25 million share, that would have been used for opioid abuse prevention, treatment and recovery efforts.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has signed an agreement with the University of Iowa Health Care to direct $3.8 million in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers and distributors. Under a new program announced Wednesday, UI Health Care providers will train more health care providers statewide to offer Medication for Addiction Treatment, or MAT, for those with opioid use disorder.
Democrat Tom Miller, already the longest-serving state attorney general in U.S. history, is hoping to add another four years to his record run in 2022.
Opioid-related deaths increased by 35 percent in Iowa in 2020, following a national trend that has advocates raising the alarm about the surge. State officials reported 213 opioid-related deaths last year, up from the 157 deaths reported in 2019 and a previous high of 206 in 2017.
Under a state law, municipalities may not require the “owner of real property to implement a policy relating to the use of facial coverings that is more stringent than a policy imposed by the state.” However, the Iowa City order does not require business owners to adopt a mask mandate -- instead shifting the responsibility directly onto individuals.
In Iowa, 12 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Iowa conducted 10 operations throughout the state, during which officers executed 10 search warrants, identified five businesses involved in sex trafficking, made 11 arrests and seized a large quantity of cash.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s open-records law is not “a well-recognized public policy” and thus does not give job protections to employees who fulfill public information requests, the state attorney general’s office contends.
It asserts Google maintains a monopoly in the market for distributing apps for the Android operating system, which it owns and develops and is used by most of the world's smartphones.
Iowa expects to receive an estimated $25 million for abatement of the opioid epidemic if the deal is approved.
Roman Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex abuse, the state attorney general says.
You can file a complaint. But prosecutors are busy with violent crimes and felonies.
Iowa has a novel plan to address federal prohibition, but the governor’s inaction allows other states to chief our joint
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