By Brendan Pierson
(Reuters) – Iowa’s highest court did not revive a 2018 ban on most abortions on Friday, meaning that abortion will remain legal in the state up to 20 weeks of pregnancy for now.
One of the court’s seven justices did not take part in the ruling for an unspecified reason, and the remaining justices deadlocked 3-3. That automatically left in place a 2019 court order blocking the law.
Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, had asked the court to dissolve the order, which stemmed from a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood, arguing the law violated the right to privacy and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
“With this ruling, thousands of patients seeking care in the state and beyond can continue to receive the necessary, life-saving care that they need,” Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement.
Chris Schandevel, a lawyer for the governor, said that “Iowans w
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A collection of the nation’s leading and biggest spending environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden’s re-election bid on Wednesday, an early sign that he has consolidated their support despite some recent policy moves that angered climate activists.
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen PAC, NRDC Action Fund and the Sierra Club endorsed Biden during an LCV dinner in Washington. This is the first time the four groups have ever jointly announced a presidential endorsement, according to the Biden campaign.
“Together, we’ve made a lot of progress so far. We have to finish the job,” Biden told the crowd climate activists.
He added that the world poses many threats, but climate change “is the only truly existential threat.”
While the endorsements are not surprising, they are a sign that the environmental groups are
The Christian County Fair kicks off July 18th through the 22nd at the Christian County Fair Grounds, and the community is in for another great year of events and activities. Angela Ohl-Marsters, the .
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the new head librarian at the Taylorville Public Library, at the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.
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By Andrew Goudsward
(Reuters) – Evan Corcoran, a lawyer hired by Donald Trump to fend off a federal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents, is now a central figure in the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal case against the former president.
The shift from lawyer to potential witness in the case is a sharp turn for Corcoran. The former Republican congressman’s son is described by former colleagues as soft-spoken and diligent, known for his steady presence in the courtroom and an affinity for fly fishing.
Corcoran, 58, was not charged in the indictment unsealed on Friday. It presents him as a key Trump confidant who was deceived by the former president as he allegedly sought to stymie Justice Department efforts to recover classified documents he kept at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after leaving the White House in January 2021.
The 37-count indictment said Trump suggested to Corcoran that he falsely tell the Justice Department that he did not hav