Staff Reporter

Ryan Johnston

Ryan Johnston is a staff reporter for StateScoop, covering the intersection of local government and emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence and 5G.

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Transportation firm Via acquires digital-mapping company Remix

City

Miami plans to build vertical airports for flying taxis by 2024

City

NYC buildings — (Roy Rochlin / Getty Images)

New York City published a strategy to keep its IoT fair

Emerging Tech

Pittsburgh to spend $4 million on Google Cloud migration

City

woman gets a COVID-19 vaccination — Lucy Y. Powderly receives a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from sergeant Julia Benson of the Illinois Army National Guard at a vaccination center established at the Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, on February 3, 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP / Getty Images)

How data guided Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign

State

Former local IT official wants to ‘demystify’ digital services

City

person texting — (Edward Berthelot / Getty Images)

Zencity acquires analytics firm Elucd for broader sentiment analysis

County & Local

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio opens a mass vaccination site at Citi Field on Feb. 10. (David Dee Delgado / Getty Images)

NYC asks companies to expand broadband across the city

City

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to Amtrak employees during a visit at Union Station on Feb. 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Buttigieg says U.S. has ‘once-in-a-generation’ transportation opportunity

State