DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 14-state coalition in a brief defending Arkansas's law preventing indoctrination in K-12 schools. In May, a federal court partially blocked an Arkansas law that bans indoctrination in schools. The law does not prevent teachers from instructing on any ideas or theories, but it does prevent schools from punishing kids for not accepting t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 7-state coalition in opposing the illegal attempt by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") 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  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a multistate coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Missouri's challenge to New York's political prosecution against President Trump. The brief underscores New York's political prosecution, illegal gag order, and upcoming sentencing of President Trump, which undermine his ability to campaign. State against State lawsuits c  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The DNR is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for driving in meandered streams. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by the Governor on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO10 process includes public engagement with the opportunity for meaningful input. The Iowa DNR has reviewed the foll  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for Iowa wildlife and related programs. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by Governor Reynolds on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO10 process includes public engagement with the opportunity for inp  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 11 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led an amicus brief with Iowa in support of Missouri's legal challenge to New York's politically motivated prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's unprecedented, political prosecution of the presumptive Republican nominee for President is a gross misuse of state authority and must not be a  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today 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. West-Joons fills a vacancy cre  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Elizabeth O'Donnell Reist as a district judge in Judicial District 7. O'Donnell Reist, of Davenport, Iowa, serves as Senior Assistant County Attorney for the Scott County Attorney's Office. She received her undergraduate degree from Loras College and law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. O'Donnell Reist fills a vaca  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. 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. The I  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 11 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Suzanne Shontz, University of Kansas School of Engineering associate dean for research and graduate programs, was named the 2024 winner of the James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication from the Krell Institute. The award will be presented later this year at the KU Lawrence campus. The Krell Institute is an Iowa-based nonprofit founded in 1997 to serve science, technology and education  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on July 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will utilize the successful "batch and build" model with partners in Sac County to install bioreactors and saturated buffers * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has formed a partnership with Sac County and the Sac County Soil and Water Co  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * Joins Eight Other Northwest Iowa Counties Eligible for Benefits Following June Storms and Flooding. * * * Federal authorities have added Woodbury County to the list of Northwest Iowa counties that are eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) following severe weather last month. Iowa Workforce Development is now accepting applications for DUA from Iowans in Woodbury County whose employm  more