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11/06/2025

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Ex-public health spokesperson Polly Carver-Kimm alleged she was fired for answering media records requests during COVID-19 pandemic

01/11/2023

IAJ Statement on the Governor's 2023 Condition of the State Address

06/03/2022

At a hearing this morning in Polk County District Court, it was confirmed by the Attorney General’s office that Governor Reynolds and the State of Iowa believe that the Iowa Civil Rights Act does not apply to Governor Reynolds’ decisions to terminate officers of the state.

Put another way, they believe that Governor Reynolds could wake up one morning and decide she wants an all-white cabinet and then proceed to summarily fire all non-white officers. According to the State, those fired officers have zero legal recourse and cannot sue for wrongful termination. The Governor could make the same decision based solely on other grounds such as gender, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation and the terminated officers could do absolutely nothing about it.

The State’s lawyers told the court, on the record, that the only way to hold Governor Reynolds accountable is to vote her out of office.