Newsroom - 2023 Archive

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...

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...

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...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 20-state coalition in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the removal of foreign student visa holders who have shown support for foreign terrorist organizations. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition supporting a California mother after her school district hid her daughter’s gender transition from her, clearly violating her parental rights. Aurora Regino, a California mother, sued the Chico Unified School District for violating her constitutional rights when district...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird took action to defend the State’s Heartbeat Law in the Iowa Supreme Court, which protects unborn life once a doctor can detect a baby’s heartbeat. In July, Governor Kim Reynolds called a special session to pass the Heartbeat Law and defend unborn...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Friday led a 19-state coalition in challenging the Biden Administration for illegally allowing California to ban traditional gas or diesel trucks. In June, Attorney General Bird sued the Biden Administration over its scheme that gives California the authority to force most buses,...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a settlement with Summit Software Systems, Inc. and its owner Robert Boligan for their deceptive business practices. The Attorney General’s office alleged that the company used deceptive methods to solicit Iowa homeowners facing foreclosure and failed to provide the services they...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced actions the Iowa Attorney General’s Office will be taking to prosecute election misconduct and fraud cases. Under the government reorganization law that Governor Kim Reynolds signed earlier this year, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office was given the responsibility to prosecute cases relating...

DES MOINES— Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, ending a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s deceptive advertising and leasing practices. Attorney General Bird joined 41 other attorneys general in a multistate investigation that found Tempoe deceived Americans into signing leases for goods instead of installment plans...