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The platformpublications of record for state policynews

State Affairs operates the nation's largest network of statehouse newsrooms and the AI-powered intelligence platform built on what they report.

The decisions shaping daily life — healthcare, education, labor, infrastructure — are made in statehouses, often long before they reach the halls of Congress. State Affairs is built for everyone who works in, tracks, and shapes that policy.

A media company and a technology company, built as one.

The Newsroom

State Affairs employs reporters in statehouses across the country — journalists who build source relationships, cover committee hearings, and surface the signals that precede legislation.

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The Platform

An AI-native intelligence platform that ingests thousands of hours of legislative hearings, bills, and regulations every month, filtering the noise and delivering personalized, real-time policy intelligence to the organizations that act on it.

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The most trusted names in statehouse journalism under one roof.

The publications state lawmakers, staffers, and policy professionals read to understand what's happening in their capitols, now powering one platform.

"As a state senator and now as governor, Hawver's Capitol Report has been an essential part of how I get my news."

Laura Kelly, Governor of kansas

Our Mission. Our Values

Journalists, engineers, and entrepreneurs — united by our mission — to be the policy intelligence and operating infrastructure that helps to facilitate American democracy.

Our Values

Principled integrity and nonpartisanship.

In everything we produce, from journalism to software, it remains nonpartisan. We report and deliver products on the facts.

Our Values

Meaningful work, continuous innovation.

Our work helps facilitate the political process, increase transparency, and drive participation. We’re intellectually curious and creative, pushing ourselves to deliver deep insights for all who seek to understand, make, and influence policy.

Our Values

Collaborate to produce results.

We challenge and support each other to hone our craft. When a decision is made, we take ownership, commit, and rigorously execute. When there is disagreement, we raise it directly and with courtesy, not in sidebars.

Our Values

Humility and duty.

We focus on being a company that is worth being known, not a company that is known. We do what we say we are going to do. We take pride in our accomplishments but not in our egos, and we are open to feedback because we value each other’s success more than being right.

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Business & Technology Leadership

Evan Burns

CEO & Co-Founder

Jamie Seltzer

Co-Founder & Board Member

Alison Bethel

CCO & Editor-in-Chief

Justin Lawson

Chief Revenue Officer

Fred Löhner

Chief Technology Officer

Benjamin Fineran

Head of AI

Bill Kiniry

Head of Advertising

Fraser Parke

VP, Finance and Operations

Jen Abel

GM, Enterprise

Laura Tchokouani

Head of Design

Lindsay Moran

Head of Growth

Lyle Morton

VP of Marketing

Scott Miller

VP, State Affairs Pro

Tamar Blanc

Head of Product Management

Tom Manatos

VP of Policy

Yong-Gil Son

Head of Revenue Operations

Editorial & Newsroom Leadership

Independent editors and journalists embedded in state capitols across the country.

Brandon Roberts

Managing Editor, Indiana

Brian Howey

Sr Writer/Columnist, Indiana

Bryan Davis

Managing Editor, Kansas

Clifton Dowell

GM, North Carolina

Craig Sandler

Partner, Mass.

Don Blount

Managing Editor, California

Erik Schelzig

Managing Editor, Tennessee

George Donnelly

GM, Massachusetts

Jamar Younger

Yellow Sheet Editor

Jeff Mayers

GM, Wisconsin

Jeremy Alford

Managing Editor, Louisiana

Jim Saunders

Managing Editor, Florida

John Finnerty

Managing Editor, Penn.

Joy Walstrum

Chief of Staff

JR Ross

Managing Editor, Wisconsin

Michael Norton

Managing Editor, Mass.

Mikel Livingston

Managing Editor, Ohio

Nancy San Martin

Managing Editor, Miami/GA

Reid Wilson

GM, Enterprise News

Rick Dorris

GM, California

Zach Gorchow

GM, Michigan

Join the team.

We're building the intelligence layer state policy has never had, and we're looking for the people who want to build it with us.

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