Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that prohibits the use of Medicaid funding for gender reassignment surgery. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill on May 3 that included language amending the state’s Civil Rights Act so that government officials are not required to pay for gender reassignment surgery. The ACLU has sued to block enforcement of the law which went into effect when Reynolds signed it.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says a crude oil pipeline running across Iowa was legally permitted to be built dashing the hopes of a group of farmer landowners who wanted the pipeline moved off their land and an environmental group that wanted it shut down. The farmers and the environmental group Sierra Club of Iowa claim the Iowa Utilities Board illegally issued a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline which has been carrying oil since 2017.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, ending a summertime ban imposed out of concerns for increased smog from the higher ethanol blend. The change also fulfills a pledge that President Donald Trump made to U.S. corn farmers to allow the higher ethanol sales year-round.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police say an arrest warrant has been issued for a connection with a shooting in a business parking lot that killed two people and injured two others. Police said Friday the warrant was issued for 26-year-old Andre Richardson on suspicion of murder in the killings of Matrell Michael Eu’gene Johnson and Royal Ceiz Abram on May 18. Both of the men killed were 18. Two others were injured in the early morning shooting. Those victims, both aged 19, remain hospitalized.