Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has ruled that former University of Iowa athletic administrator Jane Meyer was the victim of discrimination, retaliation and unequal pay and awarded her $1.4 million in total damages. Judge Michael D. Huppert says the eight-person jury found in favor of Meyer on all five counts. Meyer alleged she suffered discrimination as a gay woman in a relationship with field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A powerful Iowa regulator has mixed her state job with a personal law practice she runs, inadvertently using her government email for some private business and claiming sick leave on a day when she participated in a court hearing. Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal that Iowa Utilities Board chairwoman Geri Huser used her state account to send messages to her law colleagues. A board spokesman says the messages were mistakenly sent through the wrong account.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A county judge will allow a mandatory 72-hour waiting period to go into effect for abortions in Iowa. The ruling by Polk County Judge Jeffrey Farrell was prompted by Gov. Terry Branstad’s announcement that he will sign a bill into law Friday that includes the waiting period.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A former businessman already convicted for failing to pay employment taxes now faces new federal charges of mail and wire fraud, money laundering and theft. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids said in a written release Thursday that 61-year-old Darrell Smith was indicted last month on the charges. That followed Smith’s 13-month prison sentence in December for payroll tax fraud.