Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme heard its final oral arguments of OT20, the audio of which was livestreamed to the public. There’s no guarantee, though, that livestreams will return when the justices reconvene on the first Monday in October.

For comparison’s sake, we’ve been tracking how other federal appeals courts and state courts of last resort are doing on broadcast, with our findings from the states below. In short: 41 of 50 courts are livestreaming video, up from 35 last year. And 47 states are doing some form of livestreaming, up from 43 last year.

At the bottom of this post are stats from the last time we checked in on the states, which was last June.

State court stats as of today

Remote live video (29 states): Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado (at right), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin

In-person live video (12): Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, South Carolina, West Virginia

Remote live audio (6): Maine, Missouri, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming

Total livestreaming: 47 states

In-person delayed audio (1): Connecticut

Other formats (2): Alabama (we found no argument recordings), Oklahoma (we found no en banc arguments during the pandemic)

State-by-state breakdown

Alabama: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: June 2; in person with neither audio nor video broadcast to the public
Alaska: last arg.: Apr. 14; next arg.: May 19; remote with live video (Zoom)
Arizona: last arg.: Apr. 20; next arg.: May 18; in person with live video
Arkansas: last arg.: Apr. 22; next arg.: May 20; remote with live video (Zoom)
California: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 18; remote with live video (WebEx) 
Colorado: last arg.: May 5, next arg.: June 22, remote with live video (WebEx) 
Connecticut: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 6, in person with delayed audio
Delaware: last arg. May 5; next arg.: May 12; remote with live video (Zoom) 
Florida: last arg.: May 5, remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled 
Georgia: last arg.: Apr. 22; next arg.: May 18; remote with live video (Zoom)
Hawaii: last arg.: Apr. 22; next arg.: May 7; remote with live video (Zoom)
Idaho: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 7; remote with live video (Zoom) 
Illinois: last arg.: Mar. 16; next arg.: May 11; in person with live video (Zoom) 
Indiana: last arg.: Apr. 29; next arg.: May 13; in person with live video 
Iowa: last arg.: Apr. 8, hybrid — half in person, half remote, with live video; next arg.: Sept. 15, format TBD
Kansas: last arg.: Apr. 2; next arg.: May 24; remote with live video (Zoom)
Kentucky: last arg.: Apr. 22; next arg.: July 1; in person with live video
Louisiana:  last arg.: Mar. 25; next arg.: May 10; in person with live video
Maine: last arg.: May 4; next arg.: June 2; remote with live audio
Maryland: last arg.: Apr. 13; next arg.: May 6; remote with live video (Zoom)
Massachusetts: last arg.: May 5*; next arg.: May 7; in person with live video
Michigan: last arg.: May 5, remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled 
Minnesota: last arg.: May 5*; next arg.: May 10; remote with live video (Zoom)
Mississippi: last arg.: Apr. 14; next arg.: May 11, in person with live video
Missouri: last arg.: Apr. 13; next arg.: May 12; remote with live audio
Montana: last arg.: Mar. 26, remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled
Nebraska: last arg.: Apr. 29; next arg.: May 25; in person with live video
Nevada: last arg.: May 4; next arg.: May 12; remote with live video
New Hampshire: last arg.: May 5*; next arg.: May 12, remote with live audio (WebEx)
New Jersey: last arg.: Apr. 27, remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled
New Mexico: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 7; remote with live video (software unclear)
New York: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 18; in person with live video
North Carolina: last arg.: Apr. 28; next arg.: May 17; remote with live video (WebEx)
North Dakota: last arg.: Apr. 28; next arg.: May 6; remote with live video (Zoom)
Ohio: last arg.: Apr. 28; next arg.: May 11; remote with live video (Zoom)
Oklahoma: last arg.: pre-COVID; next arg.: May 20, format TBD
Oregon: last arg.: May 4; next arg.: May 6; remote with live video (WebEx)
Pennsylvania: last arg: Apr. 14; next arg.: May 19; remote with live video (WebEx)
Rhode Island: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 6; remote with live audio
South Carolina: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: May 6; in person with live video
South Dakota: last arg.: Apr. 28; remote with live audio; next arg.: not yet scheduled
Tennessee: last arg.: Apr. 28; next arg.: Jun. 3; remote with live video (Zoom)
Texas: last arg.: Mar. 25; remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled
Utah: last arg.: May 3; next arg.: May 10; remote with live video (WebEx)
Vermont: last arg.: Apr. 26; next arg.: May 19; remote with live video (WebEx)
Virginia: last arg.: Apr. 23; next arg.: May 13; remote live audio
Washington: last arg.: Mar. 16; next arg.: May 13; remote with live video (Zoom)
West Virginia: last arg.: May 5; next arg.: Sept. 1; in person with live video 
Wisconsin: last arg.: May 4; remote with live video (Zoom); next arg.: not yet scheduled
Wyoming: last arg.: Apr. 14; next arg.: May 11; remote with Microsoft Teams

*Audio and/or video not yet posted online but we confirmed it was broadcast live

Stats as of June 24, 2020

Remote live video (35 states): Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (screenshot above), Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Remote live audio (8): Massachusetts, Missouri, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming

Total livestreaming: 43 states

Remote delayed audio (1): Connecticut

Other situations (6): the Montana Supreme Court skipped remote hearings altogether and conducted oral arguments in person beginning on May 20. Top courts in the other five – Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi and Oklahoma – have canceled arguments altogether, though that was a bit odd since Delaware, Montana, Iowa and Mississippi do typically video-record oral arguments.