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DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare for violations of Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act and Personal Information Security Breach Protection Act, stemming from a large-scale data breach that affected nearly 2.2 million Iowans.  The breach began on February 11, 2024, and was...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 25-state coalition in a brief before the United States Supreme Court defending Arizona’s right to ensure election integrity in their election process.  The coalition maintains that Arizona should be able to ensure that its voters are citizens as part of the registration process....

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading 24 states in a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to rule that Massachusetts’s radical pork ban is unconstitutional.  Massachusetts’s “Question 3” pork ban prevents other states from selling pork in or transporting through Massachusetts if farmers do not comply with Massachusetts’s luxury hog-housing requirements. That means that even if Iowa-produced pork meets all Iowa and federal safety and...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a win for the state of Iowa in the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster. Attorney General Bird, along with 39 other attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice had sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster over monopoly concerns in the live entertainment industry. On the heels of a settlement with the United...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird joined United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at a conference in New Orleans today to discuss issues affecting family farmers and the importance of state attorneys general in protecting states’ agricultural laws.  Attorney General Bird asked Secretary Rollins about foreign ownership of agricultural land, year-round, nationwide E15, rising input costs, and the USDA’s new initiative, One Farmer, One File.   The mission...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a victory in her lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration to stop a mandate that would have dramatically raised home prices, making them too expensive for many Iowa families.  This radical “green” mandate would have forced strict regulations for homebuilding, leading to an estimated additional $31,853 for each new home and pricing tens of thousands of Iowans out of homeownership altogether. Newly built homes...

DES MOINES—The Victim Assistance Section of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office will release three competitive grant opportunities in 2026.  On March 16, 2026, eligible nonprofit and governmental organizations that provide victim-centered and trauma-informed victim services in the areas of domestic violence, sexual assault, homicide, and other violent crimes may apply for a competitive victim service grant....

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the February 4, 2026, fatal shooting of Saber Jonathan Bernard by Marion Officer Spenser Hartman was legally justified.  On the morning of February 4, 2026, Marion Police Officer Spenser Hartman responded to a residential neighborhood for a call that a person wanted...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird recently released the top complaints and scams her office handled in 2025. Rising to the second most reported category were imposter scams. Those include fake job offers, online shopping scams, romance scams, or scammers posing as public officials.   The Attorney General’s office is seeing more and more cases where Iowans — particularly older Iowans — are being targeted by aggressive imposter scams. In some...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that her office's Opioid Crisis Grant application site is live.   These grants are to help communities across the state respond to the opioid crisis. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has secured over $365 million for Iowa through settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, and other related parties to help...