A severe shortage of court reporters in the Los Angeles Superior Court system is leaving thousands of self-represented civil litigants without verbatim records of their proceedings, making it ...

Court reporter Mary Kay Howe at her retirement ceremony on June 6, 2025, at the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. Mary Kay Howe has been typing out the record in Douglas County ...

Grappling with a critical shortage of court reporters, the chief judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court system issued an order Thursday, Sept. 5, allowing electronic recording in some proceedings, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic caused a backlog of court cases in Arkansas, we’ve been following a shortage of court reporters in the Natural State. However, though more than a ...

A growing number of Californians may be walking out ofcourt with no official record of what went on. That’s a problem for appeals. It could also make cross-examination difficult, says the California ...

When a gravely serious court case finally reaches trial, when both parties are ready to proceed, what happens when no one is around to take notes? Often, it means justice is delayed. Humboldt County, ...

Crystal Beaman, voice writer court reporter with the 6th Judicial District, records what is said Jan. 19 during the murder trial of Kazius Childress at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids.