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On October 13, eCourts, the state’s $100 million digital records system, went live in 13 more counties, bringing the platform to every county in North Carolina.

“Full implementation of the eCourts project is a significant milestone in modernizing the North Carolina court system,” Ryan S. Boyce, director of N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC), said in a statement.  […]

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.