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DES MOINES— Wednesday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of 23 states in a letter to International Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis. The letter urges the companies to follow the law and quit recommending woke investment strategies that jeopardize millions of Americans’ retirement security. The companies also wrongfully...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of 14 states in a letter demanding that big news media make sure that they are not paying journalists with ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas. Following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that brutally murdered more than 1,400 men,...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced her top five tips for avoiding online shopping scams. Online shopping scams are reportedly the second most common form of fraud in the United States. Americans lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022 alone. “While we’re all taking advantage of the online...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led an 18-State coalition today, calling on the courts to reverse the unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. The gag order wrongfully stops President Trump from speaking freely ahead of the approaching presidential election and denies Americans their...

DES MOINES- Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of 26 states in a letter to new House Speaker Mike Johnson today, urging passage of a law that gives states the authority to combat illegal immigration when the federal government fails to do its job. The crisis at the southern border...

DES MOINES— Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 20-state coalition in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the removal of foreign student visa holders who have shown support for foreign terrorist organizations. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition supporting a California mother after her school district hid her daughter’s gender transition from her, clearly violating her parental rights. Aurora Regino, a California mother, sued the Chico Unified School District for violating her constitutional rights when district officials...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird took action to defend the State’s Heartbeat Law in the Iowa Supreme Court, which protects unborn life once a doctor can detect a baby’s heartbeat. In July, Governor Kim Reynolds called a special session to pass the Heartbeat Law and defend unborn life...

DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Friday led a 19-state coalition in challenging the Biden Administration for illegally allowing California to ban traditional gas or diesel trucks. In June, Attorney General Bird sued the Biden Administration over its scheme that gives California the authority to force most buses, vans,...

DES MOINES— Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a settlement with Summit Software Systems, Inc. and its owner Robert Boligan for their deceptive business practices. The Attorney General’s office alleged that the company used deceptive methods to solicit Iowa homeowners facing foreclosure and failed to provide the services they promised....