News Releases - 2023 Archive

DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a bipartisan coalition of seven Attorneys General urging the Biden Administration to follow the law and respond to the request of Governor Kim Reynolds and seven other Governors that the EPA issue regulations allowing the sale of year-round E15 ethanol...

DES MOINES - Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird joined Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a 25-state coalition lawsuit over a U.S. Department of Labor rule which would affect the retirement accounts of hundreds of millions of Americans.   The rule would allow pension plan...

DES MOINES – Subcommittees of the Iowa House and Senate both advanced a bill proposed by Attorney General Brenna Bird to increase the penalties on the distribution of drugs that lead to death.   The bill creates a Class B felony, punishable by up to 25 years in prison, for drug...

20 States Seek to Stop Entry of Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Aliens Annually 

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced three new members to her team. Bird named Deputy Attorney General for Agency Counsel David Faith, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Health and Human Services Section Ed Bull, and Press Secretary Alyssa Brouillet to serve in the Attorney General’s office. ...

DES MOINES - The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has completed its review of the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old male, T.J., by three Des Moines police officers that occurred on December 26. In a report issued today, the office concluded that the officers “acted with legal justification” and that “no...

Seeking to enforce emergency order of the Iowa DNR

DES MOINES - Brenna Bird was formally sworn-in as Iowa Attorney General today at the Iowa State Capitol. Bird was elected on November 8, 2022 – the first Republican to hold the office since 1979 – and took office on January 3, 2023. “I am thankful to have earned your...

Bird joins lawsuits to defend Iowans’ freedoms, begins audit of victim services, and recruits more prosecutors

DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General-elect Brenna Bird today announced new members of her senior team. Bird named Solicitor General Eric Wessan, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation Stan Thompson, Assistant Attorney General for Victim Services John Gish, and Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Dan Breitbarth to serve in the attorney...