News Releases - 2025 Archive - Page 8

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a coalition of 28 states and territories urging the NCAA to comply with Title IX and restore records and recognitions to female athletes that were awarded to men who competed in women’s sports. The University of Pennsylvania recently agreed to restore titles and...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she will dismiss the lawsuit against Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx given that Winneshiek County has now fully complied with Iowa’s sanctuary county law (27A).   On February 4, 2025, Governor Reynolds filed an official complaint with the Iowa Attorney General’s office....

DES MOINES—Today, on National Lottery Day, Attorney General Brenna Bird is warning of sweepstakes and prize scams.  Lottery scams occur when people are told they’ve won a sweepstake or prize, and they have to make a payment to receive it.    Last fall, the Iowa Attorney General’s office saved a central...

DES MOINES--Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today attended the bill signing for the HALT Fentanyl Act at the White House. Attorney General Bird has been a strong advocate for addressing the fentanyl crisis and protecting Iowa communities and led a 25-state coalition along with Virginia asking the Senate to swiftly...

DES MOINES – Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced approximately $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Based on the overwhelming participation by attorneys general across the country, all eight defendants have agreed to proceed with a sign-on...

DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced yesterday she is leading an 18-state coalition supporting Florida’s law to enforce immigration law.   Like Iowa, Florida adopted a law that mirrors federal law—if an illegal alien commits a violent crime, is deported, and illegally reenters the country, the alien has committed the...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that a new state law protecting Iowans from losing money to scammers through cryptocurrency ATMs goes into effect today.     “The legislature acted when they saw how frequently cryptocurrency ATMs were being used by scammers to steal from Iowans,” said Attorney General Bird. “Today, cryptocurrency...

The new Iowa law that increases penalties for assaults against law enforcement officers and first responders goes into effect today, July 1, 2025. The law was Attorney General Brenna Bird’s legislative priority this past session.  “Starting today, Iowa’s law works harder to protect our law enforcement heroes who daily put...

Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement:   “I am disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to not hear the Iowa Pork Producers’ case to stop California’s mandate against Iowa farmers. I will continue to fight for our producers and farmers in the active challenges still working their...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird celebrated the monumental win for President Trump at the U.S. Supreme Court that allows his executive order on birthright citizenship to take effect.    President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office to stop birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth...