Editor In Chief

Colin Wood

StateScoop & EdScoop

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

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trump — President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order on expanding access to IVF at his Mar-a-Lago resort on February 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Trump names officials to Intergovernmental Affairs Office

State

Musk and Trump — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Improving comms, tech capacity keys for states waiting on Trump policy changes

State

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on “Rightsizing Federal Government,” on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago / Getty Images)

Iowa governor unleashes DOGE task force on state inefficiency

State

Beeck Center website — (Scoop News Group)

New chief data officer tracker compares state efforts

State

students using phones — High school students using their phones during recess at the Lycee Aristide Maillol in Perpignan in the Pyrenees-Orientales department in the South of France on November 14, 2024. (Jc Milhet / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Alabama governor pushes K-12 cell phone ban

State

stack of documents — (Getty Images)

Cyber measures for education cool in state legislatures as sector matures

Cybersecurity

Trump — President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

New president, similar federal agenda for state CIOs in 2025

Cybersecurity

cash stack — Getty Images

Ohio county IT director resigns after $1.5 million ransomware payment

State

Shaquille O'Neal — Shaquille O’Neal celebrates the launch of ‘Shaq-A-Licious XL Gummies’ at Hershey’s Times Square on September 25, 2024 in New York City. (Santiago Felipe / Getty Images)

Verifying income for public benefits is about to get easier in Missouri

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