DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 14 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Iowa is First State in Meta Settlement to Create Consumer Restitution Fund * DES MOINES-Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today how her office will distribute the recent $126 million settlement from Meta. Per terms of the settlement, half (approximately $68 million) must be used to address harms at issue in the lawsuit. This includes $25 million which will be returned to Iowans hurt by Meta's p more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary: * * * Iowa Constitutional Amendment 1 Would Protect Taxpayers for Generations Jack Baum 09/14/2026 This November, Iowa voters will have an opportunity to protect taxpayers for generations to come by voting yes on Constitutional Amendment 1. Amendment 1 would add a commonsense taxpayer safeguard to the Iowa Constitution by requiring a two-thirds vote of both chambers of the state legislature to increase individual or corporate income tax rates or impose a new  more PR