Ensuring justice in state courtrooms can only be accomplished through openness and proper funding, Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald Castille said last week in a released statement.

Latching onto an American Bar Association push to address underfunded judiciaries nationwide, Castille’s remarks came in his annual State of the Commonwealth’s Courts, in which he said Pennsylvania courts only continue to “tread water” even as the overall fiscal picture for state courts has continued on a grim path.