Iowa courts

In a ruling issued Monday, Polk County Judge Michael Huppert wrote state lawmakers “overstepped” their authority by going against an Iowa Supreme Court ruling and attempting to legalize warrantless garbage searches by police.

A teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at Starts Right Here earlier this year.

Iowa abortion providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block enforcement of a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the ban into law Friday.

The state of Iowa agreed Wednesday to pay more than $174,000 in attorney fees to settle the three lawsuits.

The Iowa Supreme Court will determine whether or not most abortions can be banned around six weeks of pregnancy. Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of Fairfield teacher Nohema Graber in November 2021.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is proposing expanding the Iowa attorney general’s power to prosecute crimes. The measure is part of Reynolds’ approximately 1,500-page bill aimed at streamlining state government agencies.

C6-Zero continues to fight the public release of a list of chemicals present during the December explosion at its Marengo facility. The company claims the Iowa AG has the list.

The former vice president's trip to Cedar Rapids also comes as Republicans begin visiting Iowa ahead of its first-in-the-nation caucuses.

Senate Republicans advanced a bill Wednesday that would prevent juries from awarding more than $1 million in non-economic damages to victims of medical malpractice, except when there is “actual malice.”