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44 AGs join settlement over for-profit school’s lending

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller has secured an agreement to obtain $1,358,754.40 in debt relief for 143 former ITT Tech students in Iowa as part of a 44-state settlement. Nationally, the settlement will result in debt relief of more than $168 million for 18,664 former ITT students.   

Safe Home sends notices to about 200 consumers in Quad Cities, elsewhere

DES MOINES — About 200 Iowans who purchased security systems are eligible for refunds and cancellations as part of an agreement between the Iowa Attorney General and Safe Home Security.

‘A credible third-party review is warranted,’ Miller says

DES MOINES — The Iowa Attorney General's Office has sent letters to the dioceses of Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque and Sioux City, requesting information on records of clergy sexual abuse.

Bipartisan coalition supports relief for vets suffering service-related total and permanent disability  

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller today joined a group of 51 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Education to automatically forgive the student loans of veterans who became totally and permanently disabled in connection with their military service. The bipartisan coalition issued its letter as the country prepares to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day. 

'This is a good-faith agreement' 

Today I have entered into a compromise agreement with Gov. Kim Reynolds concerning lawsuits filed by my office. I do so for the following reasons.

Marketing of OxyContin was deceptive and pervasive, lawsuit alleges

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller joined four other states Thursday in suing Purdue Pharma and its former president and board chairman, Richard Sackler, alleging that the drug company engaged in unfair, deceptive and unlawful practices in the marketing of OxyContin, helping fuel the nation’s opioid crisis.

Lawsuit alleges conspiracy to fix prices for more than 100 drugs

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller joined 43 attorneys general in announcing a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers alleging a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs.

Illegal excavations damaged utility lines

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller has filed five lawsuits in Dickinson, Woodbury, Story, Muscatine and Benton counties alleging contractors conducted illegal excavations that damaged underground utility lines in violation of the “Iowa One Call” law

‘New rules cannot come soon enough,’ letter says

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general calling on the Federal Communications Commission to take further action to stop the growing proliferation of illegal robocalls and spoofing.

State alleges Cedar Falls center violated limits on four pollutants for 12-13 years

Des Moines — Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $1 million for violating air quality standards over a 12- to- 13-year period at its diesel-engine testing center in Cedar Falls.