DES MOINES, IOWA (July 16, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the retirement of Emily Wharton, director of the Iowa Department for the Blind, effective July 18, 2024. Wharton has led the department for seven years and previously served as its technology director. She is a former client of the Department for the Blind and graduated from its Iowa Blindness Empowerment and Independence Center.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 15, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued the following statement regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13:

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 15, 2024) — In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the April 6, 2024, fatal shooting of David Vanderhamm by Cedar Rapids police officers was legally justified.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 11, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a multistate coalition in asking the US Supreme Court to hear Missouri’s challenge to New York’s political prosecution against (former) President Trump.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 10, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 7-state coalition in opposing the illegal attempt by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate cryptocurrencies. SEC’s power grab may stop states from protecting their citizens from scams, and it hurts the free market. SEC’s policing of cryptocurrency will stifle innovation and devastate the cryptocurrency industry.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 10, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Ashley West-Joons as a district associate judge in Judicial District 4.

West-Joons, of Missouri Valley, Iowa, is an attorney at West Law Office and also serves as the Harrison County Attorney. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her law degree from Creighton University.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 10, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a fourteen-state coalition in a brief defending Arkansas’s law preventing indoctrination in K-12 schools.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Chickasaw and Wright Counties in response to severe storms and flash flooding that occurred on July 4 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.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds announces the approval of Woodbury County for Individual Assistance under the previously-approved Major Disaster Declaration, FEMA DR-4796-IA, for Iowa counties where significan

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 3, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a proclamation for Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Fremont, Harrison, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills

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