Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:10 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a six-week abortion ban into law, marking the strictest abortion regulation in the nation. The move also sets the state up for a lengthy court challenge. The Republican governor signed the legislation Friday. The Iowa affiliates of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union have already said they’d sue Reynolds if she signed the bill, which Iowa’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved earlier in the week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law an overhaul of Iowa’s energy policies. Reynolds signed the bill Friday, marking a change in how much natural gas and electric companies must spend on energy efficiency programs. Democrats say the law will drastically curtail the programs, causing higher rates and lost jobs. Republicans say utilities will cut costs and then must pass along savings to customers. The also law requires regulators to review proposed rates more quickly.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The father of a 16-year-old Iowa girl who was tortured and starved to death has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The Des Moines Register reports that 47-year-old Joseph Finn II was sentenced Friday in Des Moines. He had pleaded guilty in March to three counts of assault while participating in a felony causing a serious injury. Finn’s ex-wife, Nicole Finn, is serving three life sentences for the October 2016 death of Natalie Finn.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Safety regulators say the prison housing Iowa’s most violent inmates is exposing workers to “serious physical harm” by equipping them with deficient emergency radios and poorly trained security dogs that can engage the wrong people. The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration found 21 serious violations during a recent inspection of the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison and is seeking a $49,500 fine against the Department of Corrections, which is contesting the violations.