爱荷华州首席大法官提议提高司法薪酬,使法院现代化,以吸引更好的法官。 Iowa Chief Justice proposes raising judicial salaries, modernizing courts to attract better judges.

Iowa最高法院首席大法官Susan Christensen提议增加司法薪酬以吸引更合格的法官, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen proposes increasing judicial pay to attract better-qualified judges, mimicking the "Kansas Plan." 她着重指出,目前工资低,在全国排名第41位,并敦促立法者解决公设辩护人短缺和国家司法系统全面现代化的问题。 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. Christensen还建议允许一些治安法官为多个县服务,以节省国家资金并提高服务效率。 Christensen also suggested allowing some magistrates to serve multiple counties to save the state money and improve service efficiency.