Court Funding Task Force

Editorial Endorsements

• Seattle Times (February 21, 2006) "$20 for our peers"
• The Olympian (January 24, 2006) "Juror Pay is Embarrassing"
• Yakima Herald Republic (January 24, 2006) "State should study chipping in to help local government"
• The Columbian (January 21, 2006) "In Our View: Cheers and Jeers"
• Seattle Times editorial, "Injustice from a 'crazy quilt' system"
• Everett Herald editorial, "The true cost of justice should be paid by the state"
• Spokesman Review editorial, "Court funding bill needs support" 
• Olympian editorial, "House guts judicial bill"
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial, "Justice in Jeopardy"
• King County Journal editorial, "Our view: Legislature needs to fix court system"
• Yakima Herald editorial, State Funding of Courts is all Catawampus 
• Olympian editorial, "Judicial System Needs Attention"
• Spokesman Review editorial, "Public defense should be priority" 
• Seattle P.I. guest editorial "State’s justice system at great risk"
• Wenatchee World editorial, "Justice can't be Shortchanged" 
• Seattle Times editorial, "With equal justice comes the bill"

News Items

• Aberdeen Daily World (January 16, 2006) "Jury Duty: Lousy pay or just an inconvenience?"
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (January 9, 2006) "Judges want to give jurors raises"
• Associated Press article appearing in multiple daily newspapers (January 12, 2006)
• South Whidbey Record (January 7, 2006) "Pay jurors more, state Supreme Court Justice says"
• Associated Press, "Chief justice in cash plea for courts"
• KPLU/NPR Interview with Chief Justice Gerry Alexander
• Seattle Times, "State chief justice urges funding for public defense"
• Seattle Times, "Bid to revamp public defense receives bipartisan support"
• Seattle Times article "Shortfall threatens judiciary, report says"
• Seattle Times, "An Unequal Defense Series"
• KXLY News, Spokane: "Trial Courts Face Funding Crisis"
• Washington State Bar News, President's Corner

Justice in Jeopardy Bulletins

• Justice in Jeopardy Bulletin, June 2006 
• Justice in Jeopardy Bulletin, February 2006 
• Justice in Jeopardy Bulletin, March 2005 
• Justice in Jeopardy Bulletin, November/December 2004 
• Justice in Jeopardy Bulletin, September 2004