Concerned about the troubled rollout of digital court software, a group representing district attorneys suggested several solutions to lawmakers last week, including more help. But a N.C. Conference of District Attorneys’ 2024 list of budget requests, made to the state court system, did not include a big expansion with more positions. Rather, it made just […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Kyle Ingram here. North Carolina lawmakers heard two presentations about the state of the judicial system on Thursday. One was a relatively positive look into the operations of the Department of Adult Correction, which has reduced staff vacancies in jails and prisons. The other presentation was […]
The elected clerk of one of North Carolina’s highest-volume courthouses has urged state officials to delay the “rushed” expansion of new technology designed to modernize the judicial system. In a four-page letter to the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, Guilford Clerk of Superior Court Lisa Johnson-Tonkins laid out a series of “grave concerns” about […]
ASHEVILLE – Digital modernization is coming soon to the Buncombe County Courthouse. The courthouse will switch to eCourts, the state’s cloud-hosted digital record and case management system, slated to go live for Western North Carolina this summer. While proponents of the transition say it will expand digital access to the courts, saving time and providing […]