Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds sues Des Moines Register over public records request

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds sues Des Moines Register over public records request

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is looking to shield certain kinds of government communications from public review in a civil lawsuit levied against the state’s largest newspaper.

Reynolds' open-records lawsuit against the Register is disturbing and dangerous • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks to reporters at a Statehouse forum Jan. 4, 2022, sponsored by the Iowa Capitol Press Association. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Gov. Kim Reynolds’ lawsuit against the Des Moines Register is both unusual and dangerous for open government in Iowa. Reynolds announced last week that she was filing suit seeking to stop the Register “from demanding production of the documents protected by executive privileg…

Gov. Reynolds’ open-records lawsuit against the Des Moines Register is disturbing and dangerous

Iowa atheist group sues Reynolds, Reynolds sues Des Moines Register over her withholding documents - Little Village

Gov. Kim Reynolds in a photo posted to her official Twitter on April 2, 2024 with the message, “The right of religious freedom is endowed upon us by our creator – not government.”Gov. Kim Reynolds’ use of executive privilege to withhold documents from the public and the media led to two lawsuits being filed in Polk County District Court on Friday. In one, Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers (IAF) is suing the governor’s office over its withholding do…