Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court rejects Gov. Kim Reynolds’ move to dismiss public records suit
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The Iowa Supreme Court docket on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit in opposition to Gov. Kim Reynolds that seeks to require her workplace to reply to public document requests.
The court docket in a unanimous choice rejected Reynolds’ argument that her workplace wasn’t obligated to reply in a well timed matter to document requests and that she might keep away from the state’s open data regulation by merely ignoring the requests. The Supreme Court docket ordered that the case be returned to the district court docket the place it will be selected its deserves.
“The governor’s workplace wished a rule that it and its companies can ignore public data requests with none penalties,” stated Thomas Story, an legal professional for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, which represented three media organizations. “As a substitute, the Iowa Supreme Court docket has dominated that no person is above the regulation.”
In an announcement, Reynolds blamed any delays on a busy employees as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and stated her workplace now’s responding to data requests.
“Whereas we disagree that this lawsuit ought to proceed, my workplace has eradicated the backlog of open data requests and is dedicated to upholding our duty to reply to any new requests in a well timed method,” Reynolds stated in an announcement.
The case stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by the three media organizations and their reporters who claimed the governor had violated Iowa’s open data regulation by ignoring requests for presidency data. The reporters had emailed the governor’s workplace with eight completely different open-record requests between April 2020 and April 2021 and renewed every request a minimum of as soon as however didn’t obtain any response till submitting a lawsuit in December 2021.
The media group are the liberal-leaning Bleeding Heartland weblog, Iowa Capital Dispatch and Iowa Freedom of Data Council, a nonprofit that focuses on open authorities points.
After the lawsuit, the governor’s workplace launched the data inside 18 days, though some had been closely redacted.
State legal professionals requested a district court docket choose to dismiss the case, noting the governor’s workplace had finally responded to the requests and launched public data. After the choose denied the request, the governor appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court docket.
In looking for to dismiss the lawsuit, state legal professionals argued the criticism was moot as a result of the governor’s workplace had launched the redacted data. The media group argued the governor’s workplace’s lack of any response to document requests till after a lawsuit was filed represented a violation of the open data regulation, however state legal professionals claimed the governor wasn’t obligated to reply inside a specified time interval and that it will be inappropriate for the Supreme Court docket to situation necessities for the Govt Department.
The state additionally argued that by not responding to open data requests, the governor’s workplace wasn’t truly refusing to reply to these requests.
In rejecting that argument, the court docket’s choice included a number of dictionary definitions of the phrase, “refuse.”
“We conclude {that a} defendant might “refuse” both by (1) stating that it gained’t produce data, or (2) exhibiting that it gained’t produce data,” the choice stated. “And we consider that this second sort of refusal — an implied or “silent” refusal — may be proven by an unreasonable delay in producing data.”
Though the media group’s case nonetheless should attempt their case in district court docket, Story stated the Iowa Supreme Court docket’s ruling set an necessary precedent for open data rules.
“They not solely reaffirmed prior precedent however the court docket offered further steering shifting ahead as to how state companies should adjust to these document requests and that steering could be very favorable to creating open data requests and advances the reason for transparency in authorities,” Story stated.
Iowa State women’s basketball star Emily Ryan released a video Thursday in which she discusses her battle with an eating disorder.
Ryan, a senior from Claflin, Kansas, has been one of the Big 12 Conference’s best point guards for the past few seasons. She was a first-team all-conference pick in 2022, and a second-team selection in 2023.
“By sharing my story, I hope to build awareness and provide hope to everyone else fighting an invisible battle,” Ryan said in the video.
Ryan said her sense of self-worth was dependent on Iowa State’s success and her individual performance. That led to increased time spent in the weight room in an effort to get stronger and faster. When Ryan didn’t see the results that she desired, she began to focus on her diet.
Ryan said the Iowa State medical staff expressed their concern about Ryan’s eating habits and what it was doing to her body. Ryan said she was in “complete denial” about having an eating disorder, but her health continued to worsen.
Ryan missed the first nine games of the 2023-24 season due to the eating disorder. When she returned, she said, “off the court I was really struggling. By the end of the season, I was physically and mentally hanging on by a thread.”
During the offseason, Ryan spent 88 days at a treatment center in Denver.
“It took a long time but I finally came to the understanding that being sick wasn’t my fault, and eating disorders are real, complex illnesses,” she said.
How to get help
For resources on disordered eating, call the National Eating Disorders Helpline at 800-931-2237 or text NEDA to 741741.
It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
- FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings
Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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