Slate’s always enjoyable Explainer dissects Stenotype machines, those anachronistic typewriters used by official court reporters to record the proceedings. Who knew each stenographer had their own ...

RECOMMENDATION. NEW AT FOUR. AMID THE ONGOING SHORTAGE OF COURT REPORTERS HERE IN IOWA, A NEW SOFTWARE SOLUTION IS HELPING FILL MORE OF THOSE POSITIONS. STATE LAWMAKERS NOW ALLOW VOICE WRITERS TO ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Every word spoken in a courtroom must be recorded. That’s the job of a court reporter, but there aren’t enough of them. To help ease the shortage, there’s a new software ...

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 ...

A New York Native, Pollyea attended the United Nations International School before graduating cum laude from Hunter College in 1977 with an honors in history. That same month, he enrolled in the ...