The press and public are required to use the equivalent of a horse and buggy to review court records in Virginia while government officials and lawyers can ride on the superhighway of remote access.
The judge’s questioning did not indicate where he stands in a dispute over an online portal for court records that is closed off to the public and press, only accessible by lawyers and court staff.
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of ...