State Affairs Launches 'Deep Facts' AI Connecting Readers With the Policies and Data Behind the News

New tool creates a membrane between the news and the policy beneath it, connecting readers to the legislation, government records and data behind every original story

With the integration of Pluribus News, reporting across all 50 statehouses is now available on the State Affairs platform

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- State Affairs, the policy intelligence platform, today announced the launch of 'Deep Facts', a new tool that serves as the membrane between original reporting and vast amounts of government records, legislation, and decisions involving many different people and data behind the news.

Original reporting is vital and creates knowledge that might otherwise never enter the public record. Deep Facts expands the benefit by giving readers a visualized way to move beyond the article and explore the sourced evidence underpinning a story, without changing how the journalism is produced. The merger of journalism and AI creates a new possibility: a story that remains focused while the information behind it becomes explorable.

The launch coincides with the integration of Pluribus News, a 2025 acquisition, into State Affairs. Starting today, Pluribus News' reporting across all 50 statehouses will live on the State Affairs platform, with Deep Facts built into every story.

Every news story is built on a much larger body of information than can fit in an article. A single policy announcement may involve hundreds of pages of legislation, agency records, eligibility rules, or years of government data. While journalists report and distill that complexity into understandable, nonpartisan news stories, readers often have questions that extend beyond the story itself.

"In an era of deepfakes, we are building Deep Facts," said Evan Burns, co-founder and CEO of State Affairs. "Journalism is the first draft of history. The next generation of news is original reporting blended with deep exploration of facts and data behind the story. Deep Facts brings those records to the surface, giving readers a direct path from the story to the evidence behind it. Journalism writes the first draft of history. Deep Facts lets readers go deeper into the facts behind it."

From The Story To The Source: How Deep Facts Works

• Deep Facts scans each article for references where deeper government information would help a reader understand more, such as a bill, a legal term, a program or data point.
• Those terms carry a visual indicator so the story stays clean and focused.
• One click opens the context window.
• Through an AI-powered chat box, readers can ask follow-up questions and see the documents supporting each response.

For example, a story might reference "strict liability." Rather than stopping at the article's explanation, readers can explore what the term means in the context of the legislation being covered, how the relevant provisions work and which official records support the explanation.

For more information, visit State Affairs.

About State Affairs
State Affairs is the AI-powered intelligence platform built for the institutions navigating the modern policy economy. Operating at the intersection of technology, nonpartisan journalism, and government, State Affairs deploys one of the nation's largest networks of embedded statehouse journalists to build a proprietary, human-driven data moat. This exclusive daily reporting is coupled with an advanced AI knowledge graph that tracks every bill, regulation, and hearing across all 50 states and the federal government. With $70 million in funding, State Affairs provides the personalized, real-time intelligence that elected officials and major global enterprises rely on to seamlessly track relevant legislation, collaborate, and act on policy.

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