Earlier this fall the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Virginia stood before lawmakers pleading. He was asking for more money so courts across the state could hire more clerks.
According to his office, more than half of the state’s district courts are under-staffed, and that could impact everything from people’s credit to jail-time. Mallory Noe-Payne has this look at why Virginia’s courts are short staffed and what lawmakers can do about it.
