DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s Chief Justice Susan Christensen is calling on lawmakers to make urgent changes to the judicial ...

Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill that would block the state judicial branch from weighing in on and ...

A proposal to prohibit the power of judicial review was postponed indefinitely in an Iowa Senate subcommittee Tuesday.  The ...

A northwest Iowa senator has proposed an amendment to the state’s Constitution that would eliminate the concept of judicial ...

The Iowa Supreme Court, ruling in a Scott County case, shines a light on the crisis caused by a shortage of public defenders.

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen asked state lawmakers for support Wednesday in making “difficult” changes to the state judicial branch’s magistrate system and employee compensation ...

A proposed Iowa constitutional amendment to block courts from reviewing laws stalled in subcommittee as lawmakers and ...

Iowa Judicial Branch computer coding errors led to $27 million being misallocated to the state's general fund. Republican lawmakers demand further documentation that the money is accounted for, which ...

The Iowa Judicial Branch misallocated $27.5 million in court debt due to coding errors following 2020 and 2021 law changes. The issue, discovered in 2020 and fixed in 2024, shorted various state funds ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa Judicial Branch officials plan to ask state lawmakers to simplify the state’s process ...