I think we have well established that TT won't let you independently choose between standard and Itemized State deductions, like it will with the Fed tax. The Fed input and decision drives the State output without the benefit of your opinion or special desire to change. I'm not a TT "expert", but I suspect you could create/save 2 TT files with the fed deductions being standard and itemized differently in each; creating 2 State tax forms that would allow you to submit the Fed tax one way and the State tax the other. I can't think of another way to force the issue as TT currently is currently structured.
