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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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)

State lawmakers from 28 states ask Commerce to release BEAD ‘nondeployment’ funds

Broadband

Trump's face — President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

State AI law moratorium omitted from 2026 defense bill, but Trump is preparing ‘ONE RULE’ executive order

AI

submit button on privacy policy — (Getty Images)

Opt-out tool will let Californians erase personal data held by brokers

Privacy

A group of Marin County, California, employees — A group of Marin County, California, employees gather for an in-person workshop as part of the county’s Digital Accelerator Initiative. (Luke Fretwell / GovFresh)

Marin County, Calif.’s digital accelerator helped agencies stop blaming each other

County & Local

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a press conference, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, following the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk, during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 12, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images)

Utah governor announces ‘pro-human’ AI plan, condemns federal preemption scheme

AI

photo of screen of deliberation.io — (Scoop News Group)

Washington, D.C.’s civic engagement platform is bringing residents into AI policymaking

Digital Services

Times Square — Pedestrians and vehicles move through Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Nov. 12, 2025. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images)

Pedestrian counting, augmented reality newest projects in NYC ‘smart city’ testbed program

City

Bryanna Pardoe — Bryanna Pardoe, executive director of CODE PA, speaks with the press at the unveiling of CODE PA in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on April 25, 2023. (Commonwealth Media Services)

Pennsylvania digital service director appointed state CIO

State

texas flag — (Getty Images)

NTIA approves Texas BEAD proposal at $2B less than original allotment

Broadband