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flag Iowa Chief Justice proposes raising judicial salaries, modernizing courts to attract better judges.

flag Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen proposes increasing judicial pay to attract better-qualified judges, mimicking the "Kansas Plan." flag She highlighted current low pay, which ranks 41st nationally, and urged lawmakers to address the public defender shortage and overall modernization of the state's judicial system. flag Christensen also suggested allowing some magistrates to serve multiple counties to save the state money and improve service efficiency.

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