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DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement responding to the State Auditor’s oversight that shorted the office more than $7.2 million for serving crime victims: “The State Auditor’s total failure to address a nearly $53 million misallocation of funds has cost the entire state. My office’s...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led eight other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah’s case requesting control over its own land. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of Utah’s land—almost half of which is being held by the government without any designated purpose,...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that the office has secured two federal grants that will support efforts to prevent and prosecute cybercrimes and expand crisis response training for law enforcement. “No matter what hurdle comes our way, cybercrime or crisis, we must be prepared,” said Attorney General...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, demanding that the company stop suspected illegal robocalls. Attorney General Bird, as part of the bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation task force, is calling on iDentidad to quit fueling mass suspected scam robocalls. This follows actions...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today warns Iowans to be on high alert for government imposter scams. This warning follows an instance last Thursday where a scammer attempted to defraud a woman by calling from what appeared to be the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s phone number. Government imposter scams...

DES MOINES—This week, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird hosted a domestic violence conference to train Iowans on how to prevent domestic violence and support victims. The conference ran October 14–15. The conference united hundreds of law enforcement, advocates, legal professionals, and survivors to stop domestic violence....

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that the Attorney General’s office has reformed its crime-victim compensation application, transitioning to a paperless system that improves efficiency and security and streamlines the online form. As part of Attorney General Bird’s top-down, bottom-up audit of victim services, she held roundtables across the...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement celebrating Assistant Attorney General Matthew Schuling’s appointment as a district associate judge in Judicial District 4: “I am excited for Assistant Attorney General Matthew Schuling on his appointment as a district associate judge in Judicial District 4. Matthew is a talented...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the June 30, 2024, fatal shooting of Kelvin Plain, Jr. by two Waterloo police officers was “legally justified.” The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation....

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sued the Biden-Harris administration over its new mandate that threatens a mass shutdown of nursing homes and senior care across the country. Federal law currently requires that nursing homes have a registered nurse on staff for eight hours a day, and then a...