02 Aug 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Staff Changes

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 2, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a number of staff changes in the Office of the Governor.

Stan Thompson has joined the office as senior legal counsel. Thompson previously served as deputy attorney general for civil litigation in the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, executive director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, and 35 years in private practice at Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines.

02 Aug 2024

Train Collides with Garbage Truck in Pleasant Valley

By Lt Thomas B Gibbs

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 2, 2024) — On 1 August 2024 at approximately 1234 hours, Scott Emergency Communications received a report of an accident involving a train and truck in the area of the Pleasant Valley Amoco. Units from the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, along with Bettendorf Fire Department and MEDIC EMS were dispatched. Bettendorf Police Department also responded to assist.

01 Aug 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Leads Twenty-State Coalition Opposing Biden-Harris Administration Defense of Discriminatory Debanking

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 1, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has co-led a twenty-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.

01 Aug 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation for Seven Counties in Response to Severe Storms

By Heather Nahas

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 1, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Cass, Mills, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Wapello, Webster, and Woodbury Counties in response to severe storms that occurred on July 29 and continuing. The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program and Disaster Case Advocacy Program.

31 Jul 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Supports (Former) President Trump Appeal and Reversal of Unprecedented $350 million New York Fine

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 31, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a fifteen-state coalition in supporting [former] President [Donald] Trump’s appeal of a court order wrongly fining him more than $350 million.

31 Jul 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation to Support Sioux County Students’ Return to School After Severe Flooding

By Heather Nahas

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 31, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Sioux County in response to severe storms and flooding that occurred on June 21.

31 Jul 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Warns Iowans of Lottery Scams

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 31, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today issued a warning to Iowans about devastating lottery scams.

Last year, Americans lost nearly $340 million to lottery scams. Lottery scams occur when con artists tell victims that they have won a prize and then convince the victims that they have to make payments to receive it.

29 Jul 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Commits $5.5M Funding for Iowa Attorney General’s Office to Continue Victim Services as Federal Cuts Loom

By Heather Nahas

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 29, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird have announced that the state will provide $5.5 million in one-time bridge funding to ensure Iowa crime victims continue to have access to critical services such as medical and mental health-care, temporary housing, lost wages, and courtroom advocacy.

24 Jul 2024

Additional Counties Approved for FEMA Assistance Under the June Presidential Major Disaster Declaration

By Heather Nahas

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 24, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Osceola and Pottawattamie Counties for Individual Assistance, and Cherokee, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Scott, Winnebago, Woodbury, and Worth for Public Assistance for emergency protective measures and permanent work under the previously-approved Major Disaster Declaration,

23 Jul 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds, Iowa Congressional Delegation Urge USDA to Adjust Disaster Programs, Improve Assistance to Farmers

By Heather Nahas

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 23, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds, together with Iowa’s entire congressional delegation, today sent a letter to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging him and th

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