Court reporters? Judges? Bueller?

Today's DJ has LA court reporter hiring is stagnant, incentives hiked -- Despite the first round of incentives in February, court reporter vacancies “have remained relatively unchanged, with the number of court reporters leaving court service continuing to outpace the number of new court reporters entering court service,” the court stated.

And the DJ has Judge shortages will get worse, Jessner predicts -- “There are public sector positions that pay in excess of what judges make. Some deputy DAs make more money than judges,” said Yolo County Judge David Rosenberg, president of the California Judges Association.

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