News Releases - 2023 Archive

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement in response to a federal court ruling on an Iowa law to prohibit inappropriate books in K-6 schools: “I am deeply disappointed in the district court’s decision today. Sexually explicit books do not belong in our elementary-school libraries or classrooms. Not only...

DES MOINES—As Iowans prepare to ring in the New Year, Attorney General Brenna Bird reminds everyone to celebrate safely and not drive impaired. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 37 people a day die in the United States from drunk-driving crashes. Estimates predict more than 400 Americans may die on the roads during the New Year’s holiday....

DES MOINES—Tuesday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a bipartisan coalition of 53 attorneys general in announcing a $700 million settlement with Google. The settlement resolves a lawsuit alleging anticompetitive practices within the Google Play Store. The lawsuit, filed in 2021, alleged Google unlawfully monopolized and abused its dominance in...

DES MOINES—Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 26-state coalition in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging the Corps to allow oil and gas to flow through the Dakota Access that has safely operated from North Dakota to Illinois for over six years. The letter...

DES MOINES—Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen co-led a coalition of 26 states and the Arizona State Legislature in a letter calling on the Biden Administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco (“ATF”) to drop a proposed rule that...

DES MOINES— Wednesday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of 23 states in a letter to International Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis. The letter urges the companies to follow the law and quit recommending woke investment strategies that jeopardize millions of Americans’ retirement security. The companies also wrongfully...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of 14 states in a letter demanding that big news media make sure that they are not paying journalists with ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas. Following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that brutally murdered more than 1,400 men,...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced her top five tips for avoiding online shopping scams. Online shopping scams are reportedly the second most common form of fraud in the United States. Americans lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022 alone. “While we’re all taking advantage of the online...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led an 18-State coalition today, calling on the courts to reverse the unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. The gag order wrongfully stops President Trump from speaking freely ahead of the approaching presidential election and denies Americans their...

DES MOINES- Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of 26 states in a letter to new House Speaker Mike Johnson today, urging passage of a law that gives states the authority to combat illegal immigration when the federal government fails to do its job. The crisis at the southern border...