The chief justice of Iowa’s Supreme Court says Iowa judges and magistrates have had just one pay raise in the past eight years and he’s asking legislators for more than two-point-two MILLION dollars to raise those salaries by five percent.
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Chief Justice Mark Cady (KAY-dee) delivered the annual “Condition of the Judiciary” message to legislators.
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Nearly 400 people are serving on the state’s court of appeals, the supreme court or as magistrates and judges throughout the state. Cady says because of stagnant salaries, there’s been a “significant decline” in applications to fill vacancies when a judge or magistrate retires or takes a job in the private sector. The chief justice is asking legislators for a nearly seven percent boost for the entire judicial branch budget.
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