New legislation heaps costs on courts, chief justice says

“Every year, the legislature passes about 400 laws, and every year, the appellate courts pass about 3,800 applications, and so it places an enormous amount of stress and strain to keep up with things for a trial judge.”

How they draw political maps in Iowa: no fights, no fuss, no judges

Colorado could learn a thing or two from the Hawkeye State, but will anyone here listen?

State audit suggests that some on unemployment were overpaid

“That’s a lot of money being paid out without enough accountability.”

Lawmaker wants to catch up on state’s infrastructure

“Having buildings that are in disrepair does not bode well for the state.”

If term limits are good enough for the prez, why not for the rest?

The argument goes that term limits gives staffers and lobbyists too much power and influence … If that were true, lobbyists should be for term limits. In fact, most of them aren’t.