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DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced actions the Iowa Attorney General’s Office will be taking to prosecute election misconduct and fraud cases. Under the government reorganization law that Governor Kim Reynolds signed earlier this year, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office was given the responsibility to prosecute cases relating...

DES MOINES— Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, ending a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s deceptive advertising and leasing practices. Attorney General Bird joined 41 other attorneys general in a multistate investigation that found Tempoe deceived Americans into signing leases for goods instead of installment plans...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 27-state coalition of Attorneys General in demanding that the Biden Administration fix its catch-and-release policies to stop the mass release of illegal aliens into the U.S. and secure the southern border. Since taking office, the Biden Administration has released millions of illegal...

DES MOINES— Thursday, the Biden Administration’s EPA announced its withdrawal of a burdensome cybersecurity mandate that Attorney General Bird challenged in a lawsuit in March 2023. This mandate would have significantly raised water prices for Iowans in small and rural public water systems. Iowa joined the Missouri-led lawsuit, along with...

DES MOINES– Today, Iowa led a coalition of Attorneys General from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming in a joint statement following the terrorist...

DES MOINES– Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a 13 state coalition fighting for pork producers. Together, with 12 other states, Iowa is opposing a new Massachusetts law that bans states from selling or shipping pork through Massachusetts if they do not meet strict hog-housing requirements. Massachusetts’s pork ban, Question...

DES MOINES– Last week, Attorney General Brenna Bird joined 25 other states in a letter to Pornhub’s parent company expressing concerns about a loophole that allows pornographers to post content exploiting children. As recently reported, an employee of the company was captured on video by an undercover journalist discussing a...

DES MOINES– Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced her appointment of Aaron McKay as Chief of Staff. McKay is a graduate of Upper Iowa University and recently served as the State of Iowa Director for U.S. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. He has served over 20 years in the legislative branch...

DES MOINES- Today, Attorney General Bird led a coalition of 24 states in a letter opposing a proposed Biden Administration rule that will illegally mandate social, environmental, and race-based regulations for infrastructure projects and stop development in its tracks. The Biden Administration’s woke environmental scheme is part of its larger...

BIRD DISCUSSES TOP ISSUES SHE HEARS FROM IOWANS ACROSS THE STATE