DES MOINES, IOWA (November 15, 2023) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led an eighteen-State coalition today, calling on the courts to reverse the unconstitutional gag order against former President Trump. The gag order wrongfully stops former President Trump from speaking freely ahead of the approaching presidential election and denies Americans their right to hear what all the candidates have to say. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 14, 2023) — 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.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 8, 2023) Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to a brief filed today with the Iowa Supreme Court seeking to uphold the Fetal Heartbeat Law:

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 8, 2023) — Of the presidential candidates campaigning in Iowa for the Republican nomination, Senator Tim Scott is the first to take a positive position on all eight topics vital to the future of Iowa farmers and biofuels producers.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 1, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Governor Kim Pillen of Nebraska led a letter, joined by thirteen other Republican governors, directing President Joe Biden to reconsider the CMS proposed one-size-fits-all long-term care staffing requirements’ rule that will force many long-term care facilities to close and erode health care access for some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens.

The letter reads as:

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 24, 2023) — Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced actions the Iowa Attorney General’s Office will be taking to prosecute election misconduct and fraud cases.

Under the government reorganization law that Governor Kim Reynolds signed earlier this year, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office was given the responsibility to prosecute cases relating to election integrity. The law went into effect on July 1 of this year.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 18, 2023) — Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins reminds voters they can begin casting their ballot today at the Scott County Auditor’s Office on the first floor. In addition, there will be other early voting opportunities before the November 7 Election Day. “I encourage voters to make a plan to vote so your voice is heard,” said Tompkins.

Early Voting Options:

Scott County Auditor’s Office

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA (October 18, 2023) — Community leader and small-business owner Sarah Corkery will seek the Democratic nomination for Iowa’s second congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, she announced Wednesday.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 17, 2023) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 27-state coalition of Attorneys General in demanding that the Biden Administration fix its catch-and-release policies to stop the mass release of illegal aliens into the US and secure the southern border.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2023) — The Biden Administration’s EPA announced on Friday, October 13, its withdrawal of a burdensome cybersecurity mandate that Iowa Attorney General Bird challenged in a lawsuit in March 2023. This mandate would have significantly raised water prices for Iowans in small and rural public water systems. Iowa joined the Missouri-led lawsuit, along with Arkansas and the American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association.

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