Media Releases & Statements

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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.

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Iowa Advocacy Groups Respond With Concern to Proposed Iowa Voter ID Rules

Des Moines, Iowa — Eight nonprofit groups have filed comments in response to newly proposed administrative rules that would implement changes in the way Iowans vote.

September 19, 2017

Windsor Heights Agrees to Revise Sign Ordinance And Train Staff After ACLU Takes Action on Behalf of Residents

Windsor Heights, Iowa — The City of Windsor Heights has agreed to amend its contentious sign regulation ordinance that resulted in one local couple being threatened with fines of up to $1,000 a day and another family having their sign torn down by the city.

September 15, 2017

ACLU of Iowa Files States' First Transgender Rights Lawsuit

The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit for a male Iowa prison nurse whose state employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, denied him use of the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. It also denied him health care coverage—solely because he is transgender—for surgery he needed.

August 28, 2017

Media Releases & Statements

Iowa Advocacy Groups Respond With Concern to Proposed Iowa Voter ID Rules

Windsor Heights Agrees to Revise Sign Ordinance And Train Staff After ACLU Takes Action on Behalf of Residents

ACLU of Iowa Files States' First Transgender Rights Lawsuit

Transgender Iowa Prison Nurse Files First Lawsuit In State for Equal Employment Environment, Equal Benefits

City of Marion to Revise its Unconstitutional Public Demonstration Ordinance

ACLU of Iowa Assisting Windsor Heights Residents Ordered to Take Down Signs Critical of the City