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Tim Walz — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol building on Jan. 5, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)

Minnesota governor orders emergency support for cyberattack disrupting county’s ‘critical systems’

“Swift coordination between state and local experts matters in these moments," Tim Walz, Minnesota's governor, said after a disruptive cyberattack in Winona County.

By Colin Wood

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San Jose, California, city leaders vote to make AI coalition an independent nonprofit

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By Sophia Fox-Sowell

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More states are taking privacy seriously, but their work isn’t done

Privacy

By Keely Quinlan

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Mikie Sherrill — New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill greets the audience before a conversation between Stephen Colbert & Conan O’Brien to benefit Montclair Film at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Dec. 7, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Under a new governor, New Jersey will keep its innovation office and its innovation chief

New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has announced that Dave Cole, the state's innovation chief will stay on to lead an office that recent legislation ensures will become…

By Colin Wood

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New York scales up AI tool, training resources to entire state government

New York’s AI tool and training materials have been extended to the state's entire workforce of more than 100,000 employees.

By Keely Quinlan

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West Virginia gives CISO greater authority to lead statewide cyber program

Recently approved legislation in West Virginia grants the state's chief information security officer greater authority to implement consistent cybersecurity standards across the state government.

By Colin Wood

Emma Williams and Newsom — California Gov. Gavin Newsom joins Emma Williams, the Bishop Paiute Tribe’s chair, to sign the final agreements for access to the California Middle Mile Broadband Network on April 2, 2026. (Office of Governor Gavin Newsom)

Bishop Paiute Tribe first in California to join state’s middle-mile broadband network

California's Bishop Paiute Tribe has become the first region in the state to connect to the state's extensive middle-mile broadband network.

By Keely Quinlan

Mississippi names new chief technology officer

By Colin Wood

Resource-sharing agreement expands Maryland’s middle-mile network

By Keely Quinlan

Commerce Department strikes $2B FirstNet deal to boost 5G, reduce costs for public safety

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

To fight fire, Southern California turns to sound waves, lightning-strike detectors

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Water treatment plant in North Dakota suffered ransomware attack

By Colin Wood

Podcasts

Meet CODE PA’s new executive director

By StateScoop Staff

The cyber experts helping local officials prepare for 2026, 2028 elections

By StateScoop Staff

Banning ‘woke’ AI in Idaho

By StateScoop Staff

Christopher Mitchell

New Mexico’s timely broadband subsidy program

By StateScoop Staff

Videos

How agencies are closing the gap between systems and service

By Scoop News Group

How Virginia is using enterprise IT modernization to improve constituent services

By Scoop News Group

Modernizing public health services to deliver better constituent experiences

By Scoop News Group

Modernizing state government without disrupting the mission

By Scoop News Group

Insights

How state agencies can prepare for H.R. 1

By Scoop News Group

How agencies can avoid common AI adoption pitfalls

By Scoop News Group

Reduce SNAP payment errors before they become audit findings

By Scoop News Group

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

By Jeff Huth

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Texas IT department selects vendor for state, local technology services

Newsom — California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at San Lorenzo High School as he signs executive order to expand women’s access to capital and wealth-building opportunities in partnership with First Partner Siebel Newsom in San Lorenzo, California, on March 18, 2026. (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images)

California tightens AI vendor oversight through executive order

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Majority of Americans want stronger oversight of government data-sharing

Nevada capitol building — Nevada’s state capitol building sits in Carson City. (Joe Sohm / Visions of America / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Nevada names retired Army officer as cybersecurity chief

Craig Orgeron — Mississippi Chief Information Officer Craig Orgeron poses for a photo at the National Association of State CIOs’ midyear conference in Baltimore on April, 23 2018. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Mississippi lawmakers approve security operations center, centralizing IT services

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New Jersey releases upgraded AI assistant for state employees

House Energy and Commerce Committee approves FirstNet reauthorization

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Intergovernmental Software Collaborative joins Council of State Governments, departing Georgetown’s Beeck Center

KCPD Command Post Bus — The Kansas City Police Department’s Command Post Bus invites reporters to take a look sometime in January 2026. (KCPD)

Kansas City police boot up new command-post bus and drones, to keep FIFA World Cup safe

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On cyber, local elections officials are ‘natural risk managers,’ says former CISA official

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Tennessee leans on public-private-sector collaboration — and maybe $50 million — to ‘throw a rope’ around AI

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With BEAD in flux, states lead on broadband expansion

Musk in bikini deepfake — A screen displays a post by Elon Musk on the X app, showing an AI prompt-created image, made Grok, depicting Musk wearing a bikini, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Leon Neal / Getty Images)

Baltimore sues X, claiming Grok lacks ‘meaningful guardrails’ for explicit deepfakes

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