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Media inquiries should be sent via email to editor@aclu-ia.org or contact Communications Director Veronica Fowler at 515-207-0586.
Des Moines, Iowa – Yesterday, a federal district court once again temporarily blocked portions of SF 496, the sweeping Iowa law aimed at silencing LGBTQ+ students, erasing any recog
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the ACLU of Iowa filed a lawsuit in Polk County district court asking that the court order the office of Gov.
Waterloo, Iowa — Civil rights groups today filed a notice of appeal in their federal class action lawsuit to block the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office from wrongly extracting money from peo
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer.
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer regarding the Iowa Civil Rights Removal Act, HSB 242, a bill that would allow discrimination against transgender people in housing, hotels, banking, government documents, access to government services, at t
The City of Des Moines is now enacting its new ordinances that penalize people, essentially, for being homeless. ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer had the following statement: