Iowa Supreme Court

The court affirmed the hate crime conviction of a man who posted hand-written notes at homes with rainbow flags and emblems.

Abortion is still legal in Iowa a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy. But just like this time last year, it’s not clear how long that will last. An Iowa Supreme Court order this month left only one thing certain—Republican lawmakers will try again to restrict abortion.

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Kim Reynolds and her former communications director can be dismissed from a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former state Department of Public Health employee, who alleges she was forced to resign for fulfilling journalists' public information requests.

The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to reinstate a six-week abortion ban, which means abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.

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.

With high interest rates and homes being snapped up soon after listing, what is a potential homebuyer to do in the current housing market?

Lawmakers moved forward with several measures last week, including a bill to allow gun owners to keep their firearms in their cars at certain public buildings and sending a bill that tightens eligibility requirements for public assistance programs to the governor’s desk.

In a 6-0 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an extensive delay in providing public documents can be considered the same as refusing to comply with open records laws.

In our weekly conversation about politics, we discuss arguments at the Iowa Supreme Court over a so-called fetal heartbeat law. The law was signed in 2018, but a court issued an injunction blocking it from taking effect.

A lawyer for Gov. Kim Reynolds asked the Iowa Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law and allow the state to enforce it.