Staff Reporter

Keely Quinlan

StateScoop & EdScoop

Keely Quinlan reports on privacy and digital government for StateScoop. She was an investigative news reporter with Clarksville Now in Tennessee, where she resides, and her coverage included local crimes, courts, public education and public health. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Stereogum and other outlets. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism and master’s in social and cultural analysis from New York University.

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Code for America reaches tentative agreement with worker’s union, averting strike

County & Local

CTO Matthew C. Fraser speaks during Mayor Eric Adams announcement to create Office of Technology and Innovation and signing executive order at City Hall Rotunda. New agency will consolidate all city technology agencies under a single authority to streamline their operations and foster inter-agency cooperation. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

New York City’s tech chief steps down, Mamdani’s tech priorities still unclear

City

The view outside of AT&T’s retail store in Times Square, New York City on Dec. 31, 2025. (AT&T)

Inside the Times Square phone store that powers New Year’s Eve emergency communications

City

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Five state tech stories that made 2025

State

'I Voted' stickers — (Getty Images)

Oregon’s secretary of state expands online voter registration eligibility to all residents

Digital Services

colorado digital ID — (State of Colorado)

Colorado launches new digital ID verifier for businesses, government agencies

Digital Services

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Trump’s state AI-law order sparks clash between states and industry

AI

Howard Lutnick — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on during remarks to the press at the end of an EU Foreign Affairs Council about Trade in Brussels on Nov. 24, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)

NTIA violated Congressional Review Act with broadband program changes, GAO says

Broadband

Walz — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to media gathered on the first day of school at Deerwood Elementary on Sept. 2, 2025 in Eagan, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)

Minnesota governor orders state to collect gun-related insurance claims data for violence prevention

Data & Analytics