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Byline: HANNAH FINGERHUT; ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, IOWA -- Iowa's strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women [...]

Byline: Annie Gowen Planned Parenthood says it will continue providing abortions in Iowa but only in the very limited circumstances allowed by the state's six-week abortion ban, which goes into [...]

In a compensable work comp case, the injured worker is generally seen by a physician chosen by the employer, who provides an evaluation of permanent impairment. If the worker believes [...]

Byline: Annie Gowen Iowa's Supreme Court on Friday allowed a six-week ban on abortion to take effect, the latest in a string of rulings to restrict abortion access since the [...]

The News A legal attempt to ban abortion in Iowa after six weeks of pregnancy failed on Friday, after the State Supreme Court deadlocked over whether to vacate a lower [...]

Byline: John Wagner Abortion in Iowa will remain legal until roughly 20 weeks of pregnancy after a deadlock on the state's Supreme Court over whether to grant a request by [...]

Byline: John Wagner Abortion in Iowa will remain legal until roughly 20 weeks of pregnancy after a deadlock on the state's Supreme Court over whether to grant a request by [...]

Kansas City, Mo. (February 8, 2023) - This alert reviews key developments in Iowa labor and employment law from the prior year, as well as how these developments will impact [...]

The Iowa Supreme Court released five eagerly awaited opinions upholding the 2017 amendments to the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA). The main case on which the four other companion cases [...]

IOWA Court allows Medicaid for transgender care The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling that the state cannot deny two transgender women Medicaid coverage for sex [...]

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Friday that sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional because it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. In [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Iowa Supreme Court struck down a rule on Friday that would have prohibited doctors from using telemedicine to dispense abortion-inducing pills to patients in remote clinics around [...]

The success of right-wing forces two years ago in ousting three Iowa Supreme Court justices for participating in a unanimous ruling that allowed same-sex marriage has inspired similar efforts there [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy A man who alleged that he voluntarily provided financial support for a child he was misled into believing was his could sue the mother for paternity fraud, [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy A police officer's promises of leniency during a jailhouse interview rendered inadmissible a shooting suspect's confession, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a conviction. An [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy Police could not search a vehicle based on consent given by the driver in the course of a stop for a minor civil infraction, the Iowa Supreme [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy An alleged drunk driver couldn't avoid the suspension of his license by agreeing to chemical testing after initially stating his refusal to subject himself to tests, the [...]

President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage. But now Mr. Obama -- who has said he opposes same-sex […]

In a case that could make Iowa the first Midwestern state to legalize same-sex marriage, the Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday pressed lawyers for both sides with sharp questions on […]

The Supreme Court of Iowa ruled in favor of Bear Sterns in a dispute between the firm and a 78-year-old retail investor, allowing a claim to be heard in arbitration [...]

COMPARE the 5th Circuit's opinion in Horton v. City of Smithville (see story, p. 188) that a mere noise nuisance tolerated by the city does not rise to the level [...]