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DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster to stop their monopoly that raises prices for ticket purchasers and stifles competition in the live entertainment industry. Live Nation has been building a monopoly by entering into exclusive deals with the country’s largest venues to ensure that...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 21-state coalition in a letter to Temu, a Chinese-based online marketplace, demanding information on its ties to slave labor and the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”). The letter follows concerns that Temu is profiting off of slave labor, breaking consumer protection laws,...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined eight other states in suing the Biden-Harris administration for using taxpayer dollars to influence elections and achieve campaign goals. In 2021, the Biden-Harris administration ordered federal agencies, with no election-related responsibilities, to develop voter registration plans. The agencies have since created these...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a coalition of eight states in supporting Ohio’s lawsuit against the Biden-Harris EPA for authorizing California’s illegal ban on traditional, gas-powered cars. California’s mandate requires that all cars, trucks, and SUVs sold be electric by 2035. Car manufacturers will be forced to...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a victory in defending stabilizing braces, the firearms attachments designed to help people with disabilities protect themselves by improving safety and accuracy. Attorney General Bird released the following statement in response to the federal court of appeals' decision: “This victory upholds Americans’...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced victory in her office’s appeal to defend Iowa’s age-appropriate books and parental rights law. Attorney General Bird released the following statement in response to the ruling:  “We went to court to defend Iowa’s schoolchildren and parental rights, and we won. This victory...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers today announced a petition calling on the Biden-Harris EPA to create a farming freedom rule to end misleading labels on glyphosate and stop California from dictating how Iowa farmers farm. The announcement was made at a press conference...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 21-state brief, urging a federal court to uphold Congress’s law that protects American privacy rights by requiring TikTok to cut ties with the Chinese Communist Party or face a national ban. Earlier this year, Congress passed a bipartisan law banning TikTok...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that since January, she has traveled to meet with Iowans in all of the state’s 99 counties. These meetings consisted of roundtable discussions, business tours, and community conversations that sought to not only identify the issues Iowans are facing, but to create...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a 20-state coalition in a letter to the Biden-Harris administration, demanding it stop its fearmongering attempt to block state laws that protect Americans from discriminatory debanking. Debanking discriminates against Americans for their religious and political beliefs and denies them access to basic...