News Releases - 2026 Archive

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has concluded a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s rewrite of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a mandate that threatened school accommodations for students.   The mandate illegally attempted to include “gender dysphoria” under Section 504, a law that protects school accommodations for kids with disabilities such as ADHD or diabetes. When...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has filed a lawsuit against 18 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and insulin manufacturers asserting they have manipulated and inflated insulin prices to profit at the expense of Iowans using life-sustaining insulin.   “Artificially increasing prices to profit off of people who could die without your product is terrible,” said Attorney General Bird. “Diabetics in Iowa deserve a free and fair marketplace, not a rigged market...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is co-leading with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti a coalition of 26 states and territories in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.   On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop automatic birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth tourists. The states highlight significant constitutional and policy concerns as to why President Trump’s...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that she has filed three lawsuits against contractors in Boone, Woodbury, and Polk counties for conducting illegal excavations, some of which resulted in damage to underground utilities. She is also seeking contempt of court for violation of a prior consent decree against a contractor in Marion County.   Under Iowa’s One Call...

DES MOINES—The Judicial Safety bill proposed by Attorney General Brenna Bird unanimously passed out of subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives yesterday.  The Judicial Safety bill makes it a “C” felony — up to 10 years in prison — to make threats against judicial officers and their immediate family members. The bill creates a serious misdemeanor charge for doxxing judicial officers or their immediate family. It...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird secured another important victory in her ongoing lawsuit against TikTok for lying to parents and children about the frequency and severity of inappropriate videos that it shows to kids. This win also means that Attorney General Brenna Bird can continue to hold big tech companies accountable when they break Iowa law or hurt children.  On Friday, January 23rd, the...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced an arrest for the murder of Christian Balke-Thompson who disappeared in 2020. The Iowa Cold Case unit helped investigate the case. Attorney General Bird launched the statewide unit in July 2024.  Christian Balke-Thompson, 26, of Carroll, Iowa, was last seen in the early morning hours of May 2, 2020.  On the...

DES MOINES—Today, two bills proposed by Attorney General Brenna Bird passed out of subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives.  Katie’s Law  Enacted in some form in over 30 states already, this bill requires DNA collection from individuals arrested for felony or aggravated misdemeanor offenses. This bill creates a safe and powerful tool...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she joined a coalition of 20 states to defend churches and other religious institutions from California’s anti-religious targeting during the COVID-19 pandemic.   During the COVID pandemic, California enacted emergency powers banning churchgoers from gathering for religious services while at the same time exempting specific groups such as professional athletes and restaurants from the same restrictions. California also imposed mask mandates on churches while allowing professional football players to play a contact sport unmasked. The anti-Church fines reached millions of dollars.   “The First Amendment...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the November 16, 2025, fatal shooting of Benjamin Harold Sink by Grundy County Sheriff Deputies and an Iowa State Trooper was legally justified.  The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal...