The ACLU of Iowa has staff in Des Moines to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil rights and civil liberties in Iowa.
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 — Former Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett has prevailed in his lawsuit against the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which reprimanded him in 2012 for making campaign phone calls on his personal cell phone while physically present in his county auditor’s offi
Des Moines, Iowa — Former Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett has prevailed in his lawsuit against the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which reprimanded him in 2012 for making campaign phone calls on his personal cell phone while physically present in his county auditor’s offi
Today, on the 48th anniversary of its landmark free speech case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Schools, the ACLU of Iowa announced that it is representing a Newton High School transgender student who was taken to the principal’s office for writing “love trumps hate”on his arm.
Iowa City, Iowa — The ACLU of Iowa today sent a letter to the Iowa City Public Library on behalf of the ACLU’s client, University of Iowa student Kellsie Pepponi.
Jeremy Rosen, executive director of the ACLU of Iowa, issued a statement Tuesday, objecting to Iowa's Gov. Terry Branstad making a statement and issuing a press release calling for state agencies to halt any efforts to resettle Syrian refugees.
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the ACLU of Iowa announced that it will represent a 14-year-old Knoxville, Iowa, girl who was threatened with criminal charges after texting suggestive photos of herself to a boy.