News Releases - 2023 Archive

DES MOINES – Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird appointed Lanny Zieman as Consumer Advocate. In this role, he will lead the Consumer Advocate Division of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, which is responsible for representing the interests of consumers and the public in utility regulation proceedings before the Iowa Utilities Board...

DES MOINES – Attorney General Brenna Bird has released the top consumer complaints received by the Attorney General’s office in 2022. Last year, the Iowa Attorney General’s office received over 4,000 consumer complaints across more than 30 different industries.  “We’re protecting consumers and holding scammers accountable,” said Attorney General Bird. “We...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Bird joined 46 states in an amicus brief Monday, requesting that TikTok, Inc. fully comply with a multistate investigation into whether the China-owned company violated consumer protection laws.   The bipartisan coalition of states is seeking internal TikTok communications to determine if the company has been...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers took another step to challenge the EPA’s illegally delayed decision regarding the sale of year-round E15 gasoline. They sent an intent-to-sue letter to the EPA demanding that the EPA change the proposed rule to allow for...

DES MOINES— The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in Nebraska v. Biden, a multistate lawsuit Iowa joined challenging the Biden Administration’s executive order that would unlawfully cancel $430 billion in student-loan debt. Attorney General Brenna Bird traveled to Washington, D.C. for Nebraska’s argument on behalf of the six states. ...