Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon testifies during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled “AI and The Future of Our Elections” on Capitol Hill September 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The hearing focused on what effect artificial intelligence can have on the 2024 election and future elections in America. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
After conflicting reports from federal agencies about how they're using or not using voter registration data shared by states, a group of secretaries of state are asking…
From Arkansas to the Northern Mariana Islands, states are beginning to see their broadband proposals approved under the Trump administration's new rules.
Justin Marlowe, professor at the University of Chicago's public policy school, says the government shutdown has accelerated a decades-long trend of states relying less on the federal…
Indiana’s Robert Fulk shares how AI fueled a training program revamp. Results for America’s Patrick Carter shares why he thinks evidence-based policymaking is on the rise.
After years of crafting policies and surveying risks, many state and local agencies are carefully experimenting with wider deployments of generative AI tools.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is testing a new drone and artificial intelligence system that could redefine how the state monitors waterfowl.
Mississippi Chief Information Officer Craig Orgeron (right), speaks on stage at the National Association of State CIOs annual conference in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 13, 2025. Joining him on stage were (right to left) Georgia CIO Shawnzia Thomas, North Dakota CIO Corey Mock and NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson. (Scoop News Group)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks before Donald Trump takes the stage during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)
The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has refused to play a prerecorded video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government.