While Congressional inactivity often garners significant headlines, what the nation’s legislative body has accomplished behind the scenes regarding education policy deserves to be commended. In…
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The California Deposition Reporters Association (DRA) reported on Jan. 8 that a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has ruled not to impose statutory rates…
The California Court Reporters Association issued a call to action Jan. 8 asking members to help support AB 749 (Bloom), a two-year bill that mandates…
Effective Jan. 1, legal professionals in California who prepare deposition notices have new disclosure obligations under the John Zandonella Act of 2015, signed into law…
The holiday season is the perfect time to support the mission of NCRA’s Political Action Committee and help ensure the future of the court reporting…
In September 2015, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed bill S5533-B, referred to as the CART bill, which expands provisions to enable people who are deaf or hard of…
Wisconsin court reporters rally to keep officials’ funding in budget In July, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker approved the state’s 2015-2017 budget, and, thanks in part…
The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg, Miss., reported on Sept. 24 that a new recommendation by the state governing the first pay increase given to court reporters…
WCBI News 4 in Columbus, Miss., reported on Sept. 15 that the Lowndes County supervisors approved a pay increase for court reporters. The Lowndes County…
An article posted Aug. 20 by SportsVideo.org, reports that Harvard University has recently renovated its centralized control room to allow for the department’s video production…
Adam Finkel, NCRA’s Director of Government Relations, represented the Association on a panel that addressed issues related to the current quality of television captions during…
The Dispatch reported on Aug. 15 that Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens appeared before the Lowndes County, Miss., Board of Supervisors seeking support for increasing…
The Wisconsin court system’s budget was approved by the legislature and signed by the governor for the 2015-2017 fiscal year. The budget, which originally would…
In July, Sen. John A. DeFrancisco announced the passage of S5533-B by the state’s Senate and Assembly. The bill, which DeFrancisco introduced, would require state-funded…
The FCC will run a forum in November at its headquarters to promote discussion about closed captioning of public access and governmental programming shown on…
In a letter sent June 24, NCRA President Sarah E. Nageotte, RDR, CRR, CBC, urged Sen. John Thune to become an original sponsor of the…
On June 8, NCRA was one of several organizations that jointly submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission that address the agency’s rules regarding appropriate…
The Madison Record, Madison, Ill., reported on April 13 that, after just one week of furloughs for Madison County court reporters, Chief Judge David Hylla…
State leaders from around the country joined NCRA Board of Director members and staff during the 2015 NCRA State Leadership Conference held April 12-13 in…
A March 26 article in the Chicago Tribune reported that the Illinois Senate narrowly approved a budget fix that addressed a shortfall in the benefits and salaries…