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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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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’

State

woman wearing mask during COVID — (Patrick Pleul / dpa-Zentralbild / ZB via Getty Images)

Massachusetts public health agency settles contact-tracing app lawsuit, agrees to delete data

Privacy

West Virginia state capitol building — (Getty Images)

West Virginia gives CISO greater authority to lead statewide cyber program

Cybersecurity

Mississippi capitol building — (Getty Images)

Mississippi names new chief technology officer

State

Minot, North Dakota — (City of Minot)

Water treatment plant in North Dakota suffered ransomware attack

Cybersecurity

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

Cybersecurity

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

State

voting location — (Getty Images)

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

Cybersecurity

chatbot with pink background — (Getty Images)

Idaho lawmakers consider banning pro-DEI chatbots inside state government

AI