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DES MOINES—In January, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a 19-state coalition in a letter to Costco, calling for the company to follow its own motto and “do the right thing” by ditching DEI after the company, instead, claimed that it would double down. Attorney General Bird last week met...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today warns Iowans who have used 23andMe, a genetic testing company that tracks ancestry, to protect their data as the company faces bankruptcy. The company announced that it will sell “substantially all of its assets,” which may include its collection of genetic data. That...

DES MOINES—After a transgender parent was denied access to a high school bathroom that didn’t align with the parent’s biological sex, the parent sued. On Monday, Attorney General Bird filed to intervene in the lawsuit to uphold Iowa’s law that requires people to use bathrooms based on their sex assigned...

DES MOINES—With April Fools' Day around the corner, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today warned Iowans to look out for the top ten reported complaints and scams to protect themselves and avoid getting fooled by fraudsters. Last year, the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s Consumer Protection Division received over 3,900 complaints, which...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today filed a motion to join a lawsuit challenging a transgender Iowa parent’s attempt to violate state law by using a high school bathroom that does not match the parent’s biological sex. After a transgender parent, who identified as a man, was denied access to a boys’ restroom, the parent sued Liberty High School and...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the February 6, 2025, fatal shooting of David Leroy Kintz, Jr., by two Des Moines police officers was legally justified. The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a brief defending President Trump’s executive order on protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship. In 2023, 7% of all births in the U.S. were to illegal aliens—and taxpayers are on the hook to pay for it through Medicaid, children’s health...

DES MOINES—A federal district judge last week upheld Iowa’s trespass law that protects farmers’ privacy and property rights. Three separate lawsuits were filed in the last 7 years that challenged these important anti-trespass laws. Two of the three laws were previously upheld. This decision dismissed the challenge to the third...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a lawsuit against Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx for violating the state sanctuary county law by discouraging law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Sheriff Marx said in a February 4 Facebook post that he “will make every effort to block,...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released her report on Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx’s February 4, 2025, Facebook post claiming that he would be a sanctuary sheriff and refuse to enforce immigration laws. The report concludes that the post violated Iowa Code Chapter 27A, which prohibits state law...