The Des Moines Register on Monday criticized Governor Branstad for his appointment of eight Republicans to Iowa’s judicial nominating commission. Iowa is a Missouri Plan state, and the commission, ...

But she said that even with this increase, Iowa judges and magistrates still ranked 41st in the nation for judicial pay. When adjusted for inflation, Christensen said, district court judges are ...

The CARES Act required landlords to give 30 days' notice before evictions. The Iowa Supreme Court says that rule was only ...

Magistrates are part-time judicial officers with limited judicial authority who assist district judges, and in Iowa it is required that every county has at least one magistrate. Their pay is based on ...

The Iowa Judicial Branch consists of the Iowa Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, Clerks of District Court, and the Court Administrator.

After rejecting multiple plea deals, 18-year-old Tramontez Lockett has taken an Alford plea for charges of second-degree ...

Christensen says a top issue for the Iowa Judicial Branch is getting more attorneys ... In Fiscal Year 2023, a state District Court judge made $158,000. Christensen says that’s lower than ...

Chief Justice Susan Christensen wants Iowa's legislators to feel ... the state peg judicial pay to 75% of a U.S. District judge's salary, which was $243,300 in 2024. Currently, district judges ...