Ryan J. Foley

• Landmark $240M EEOC verdict to be slashed to $1.6M

  By Ryan J. Foley  |  May 13, 2013

  A $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million.

• Judge rules feds can seize pension in Iowa jobs scandal

  By Ryan J. Foley  |  June 11, 2012

  A judge says the government can seize the pension of a former director of an Iowa job-training agency while she's incarcerated on charges that she misspent millions in tax dollars.

• Judge rules Iowa hiring policies didn't hurt blacks

  By David Pitt, Ryan J. Foley  |  April 17, 2012

  Iowa's state government employment policies have not discriminated against black employees and job applicants, a judge ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched by civil rights activists.

• Iowa paying out for improper layoffs

  By Ryan J. Foley  |  January 31, 2012

  Iowa prison and parole supervisors who were laid off under former Gov. Chet Culver's administration have been paid nearly $500,000 in back pay and counting after a state panel ruled their firings were improper, records show.