Articles Tagged: Iowa Judicial Branch

Lawmakers use surplus to cover expected $917M shortfall

Also in the Capitol Notebook, lawmakers advance a bill to create a state retirement savings plan for Iowans whose employers don’t offer a retirement plan.

Iowa Judicial Branch officials testified in a two-hour Iowa House Oversight Committee hearing on $27.5 million in misdirected court fees.

A Fayette County-based Iowa magistrate who used a racial slur in court to refer to a defendant is now facing potential sanctions from the Iowa Supreme Court.

Children should be allowed to testify in Iowa courts remotely, rather than being forced to face their alleged abusers — on that, Iowa lawmakers agree. But lawmakers disagree on how exactly to ensure that protection, which was erased by a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision.

Iowa lawmakers have advanced legislation that would allow Iowa courts to order treatment for individuals showing psychiatric deterioration when people can’t recognize they need help and are unlikely to seek it on their own.

Also, statehouse Republicans have proposed legislation banning abortion medication

A so-called anti-SLAPP law is moving farther in the Iowa Legislature than it has in the past; it would allow Iowans to request expedited dismissal of a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds

The question was at the heart of a discussion about Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow children to testify remotely

At least 4 dozen bills have been “pre-filed” ahead of the 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature, which convenes Monday

State agency officials and legislative leaders continued to hurl accusations at each other over the state’s oversight of the Judicial Branch operations

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Attorney General Bird joins a lawsuit over investment companies’ climate policies.

A coding error resulted in the misallocation of more than $27.5 million in court fees over 4 budget years, according to the Iowa Judicial Branch

Also, Iowa AG demands company stop suspected scam robocalls

The Iowa State Bar Association has released its review of judges to provide guidance to voters Nov. 5 as they vote whether to retain a state Supreme Court justice, four appeal judges and 64 associate and district court judges.