Staff Reporter

Sophia Fox-Sowell

StateScoop & EdScoop

Sophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor’s in anthropology at Wagner College and master’s in media innovation from Northeastern University.

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chemical plant — Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants along an 80-mile stretch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 12, 2013. (Giles Clarke / Getty Images)

New federal playbook targets cyber grant-funded critical infrastructure projects

Cybersecurity

California Gov. Gavin Newsom — California Gov. Gavin Newsom stands with actor Danny Trejo, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland at a press conference at Raleigh Studios unveiling a vast expansion of California’s Film and Television Credit Program on October 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

California says it’s ready to buy generative AI tools

AI

Rhode Island State House — (Getty Images)

Ransomware attack on Rhode Island health services exposed personal data of hundreds of thousands

Cybersecurity

office phone — (Getty Images)

Without steady funding, public health agencies slow to upgrade old tech, report shows

Modernization

one dollar bills yall — (Anthony Wallace / AFP via Getty Images)

Local governments need more cyber funding, report finds

Cybersecurity

pen and pad of paper — (Getty Images)

Ransomware sends Ohio county emergency services back to pen and paper

Cybersecurity

web browser address bar — (Getty Images)

Rhode Island schools to use malicious domain protection service

Cybersecurity

California capitol building — (Getty Images)

Data infrastructure a major challenge for AI in California, say officials

State

Crews conduct a controlled demolition of a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge — Crews conduct a controlled demolition of a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major transit route into the busy port of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 when the Dali container ship lost power and collided into a support column, killing six roadway construction workers. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

Maryland activates traffic management platform to combat gridlock

AI