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Colin Wood

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Colin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.

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Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant — The exterior of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, January 5, 2020. The plant treats wastewater from more than 1 million people and is the largest of 14 wastewater facilities in New York City. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)

New York proposes stronger cyber controls for water utilities

Cybersecurity

Doug Robinson talks cyber grants — NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Good news, bad news for state and local cyber grant funding, says NASCIO director

Cybersecurity

Trump and Landry — President Donald Trump speaks with Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung (right), Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (center) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., (left) at an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Louisiana’s digital wallet gets approved for airports, federal buildings

State

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Amid cuts to federal cyber services, local election officials expect greater state support

Cybersecurity

Teena Piccione — North Carolina Chief Information Officer Teena Piccione high-fives someone from the Carolina Cyber Network at Fayetteville Technical Community College on July 7, 2025. (North Carolina Department of Information Technology)

College students will help defend North Carolina’s computer networks

Cybersecurity

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North Dakota promotes interim cybersecurity chief

Cybersecurity

Alex Padilla — Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., listens at a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Democrats demand CISA explain how it’s supporting election offices

Cybersecurity

Gulf of America — A photo of a computer screen on displaying Google Maps July 7, 2025 reveals the Gulf of America, where once there was the Gulf of Mexico. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Government’s ancient tradition of renaming things continues

State

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont casts his vote at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 3, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images)

Connecticut’s voter rights law, the strongest in the nation, finally got funded

State