News Releases - 2026 Archive

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that an Iowa District Court has denied TikTok’s request to dismiss new claims added to the state’s lawsuit in April claiming the company deceived Iowans about the addictiveness of its app for kids and its ties to China’s communist government. This ruling is...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she and a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) that would help curb illegal robocalls.  “Too many Iowans have been scammed by illegal robocalls,” said Attorney General Bird....

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the September 22, 2026, fatal shooting of Travis Kirk McDermott by Cedar Rapids Officers Ethan Lightner and Wes Wery was legally justified.   The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she is leading a coalition of 13 state attorneys general in a letter urging the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands) to stop their implementation of anti-Israel sanctions.   The UK and the Netherlands...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a win for the state of Iowa in the consumer protection lawsuit filed against General Motors (GM) in February of 2026. GM and the state have reached an agreement where GM will pay $7 million dollars and change their business practices of illegally tracking...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced at a press conference at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee that her office is granting $775,550 over two years to expand the Billion Pill Pledge to eight more Iowa hospitals.   The eight hospitals are the following: Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston,...

DES MOINES--Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is suing Toast, a popular restaurant management and software company, for deceptive and fraudulent practices that hurt Iowa small business restaurants.   “Small business restaurants in Iowa expected support from Toast for everything from online ordering to marketing because that’s what they were promised,” said...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today praised the hard work and persistence of the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation for the second arrest in the 31-year-old murder case of Angela “Angie” Buck. The Attorney General’s Office Cold Case Unit assisted in the latter stages of the...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the final Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force meeting was held today. At the end of today’s meeting, the Task Force voted to send its recommendations to Governor Kim Reynolds. The Governor will publicly release the final report once she has reviewed it.   Ahead of...

DES MOINES--Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined the Federal Trade Commission and 19 other states in a lawsuit against Dollar General Corporation for costing people millions of dollars by routinely charging customers more at the register than the prices displayed on shelves, price tags and advertisements.  Iowa and 19 state...