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Kimberly Graham wants to reduce racial and economic disparities in Polk County. One of her early goals is to end prosecutions for low-level marijuana possession.
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A Polk County District Court judge has denied Gov. Kim Reynolds' request to revive a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Two law libraries created a website aimed at making the law easier to understand.
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An attorney for Willard Chaiden Miller is challenging evidence gathered in the investigation into the murder of Fairfield Spanish teacher Nohema Graber.
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A lawyer for Gov. Kim Reynolds argued in court Friday that a Polk County District Court judge should reinstate Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law that was passed in 2018 because the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa Supreme Court overturned abortion rights protections earlier this year.
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Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced to five years of probation after admitting to killing a man who allegedly assaulted her multiple times.
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No injuries were reported in a series of incidents involving a machete, "a suicide plan," and a number of incendiary devices discovered Tuesday in Iowa City.
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The final nominees to fill a vacancy on Iowa’s highest court were chosen after public interviews were held Monday by the State Judicial Nominating Commission.
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House Republicans are considering opening an investigation into a north-central Iowa judge who stepped down as chair of a district judicial nominating commission last year amid allegations that he lied about an applicant being considered by the commission.
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Quiet title laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English, like Natalia Esteban, who emigrated from Mexico over 20 years ago.