Staff Reporter

Skylar Rispens

StateScoop & EdScoop

Skylar Rispens is a reporter for StateScoop and EdScoop. She previously worked as a reporter specializing in education coverage for daily and weekly newspapers across Montana, where she currently resides.

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FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel speaks about the Affordable Connectivity Program in Washington, D.C. in February 2022. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

FCC restores Obama-era net neutrality and broadband rules

Broadband

Dallas, Texas (Valerie Macon / Getty Images)

Dallas CIO resigns after 4 years for role in private sector

City

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a statue dedication ceremony for US writer and novelist Willa Cather, in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2023. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

Nebraska governor selects university tech chief as new CIO

State

Pennsylvania updates election results site ahead of primary

State

South Carolina capitol building — (Getty Images)

South Carolina legislature claims treasurer risked cyberattack, didn’t disclose $1.8B in state funds

Cybersecurity

Pennsylvania approves $204 million for broadband expansion

Broadband

laying fiber residential neighborhood — (Getty Images)

Native tribes overload NTIA with broadband funding requests

State

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on May 1, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. (David McNew / Getty Images)

Virginia governor appoints former adviser as chief transformation officer

State

All 50 states have digital equity plans approved by NTIA

State