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DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird called on Biden’s EPA to reverse a rule that will devastate Iowa agriculture by banning formaldehyde that has been used at safe levels for years. EPA’s mandate effectively bans formaldehyde by mandating that formaldehyde levels be beneath the background levels naturally found in many...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sues California to hit the brakes on its green fleet fantasy and stand up for Iowa truckers. The 17-state lawsuit challenges California’s mandate that forces truck fleets, even those based outside of California, to be all-electric by 2042. The lawsuit was announced at a press...

DES MOINES—Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the launch of the Attorney General’s office’s statewide antisemitism task force in a press conference at the Iowa Holocaust Memorial. The task force is made up of 14 local leaders in state government, law enforcement, and Iowa’s Jewish community. “Antisemitic hate has no...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a $10.25 million settlement with AT&T Mobility, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile USA., Cellco Partnership, Verizon Wireless, and TracFone Wireless. This settlement closes investigations by 47 attorney general offices into the phone companies’ deceptive advertising practices. “Phone companies have a duty to connect Iowans...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 25-state lawsuit challenging the Biden EPA’s new mandate that threatens existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The mandate forces coal and natural-gas power plants to use unproven technology or face mass shutdowns. Biden’s mandate will force Iowans to pay more...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition in challenging the Biden EPA’s mandate to torch coal-fired electricity. EPA’s mandate imposes harsh limits on coal-plant emissions, which are already well below any threshold that would affect public health. The mandate threatens to shut down coal plants for...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement in response to the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice’s challenge to Iowa’s immigration law: “When Biden fails to do his job and secure our border, States have to take matters into their own hands. Iowa’s law is not unique;...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency (“UNRWA”). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined 20 other states in suing Biden for abolishing longstanding Title IX protections for women. Biden’s new gender ideology mandate tears down more than 50 years of landmark protections for girls in preschool through college who will now be forced to share private...

DES MOINES—Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a 21-state coalition in a lawsuit challenging the Biden Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ extreme new rule that effectively bans gun sales. The rule significantly expands the definition of a “firearms dealer,” forcing Iowans to register as federal firearms dealers to sell...