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Zach Patton

Executive Editor

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism for his GOVERNING story on economic cutbacks in Colorado Springs. He has served as an editor since 2010, and as Executive Editor since 2012.

posted by Zach Patton The New York Times has a really interesting story about Arcosanti, an experimental Arizona "town" that was begun in 1970 ...
Protesting frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska senator sues God. USA Today Chi Town's got the cleanest hands in all the land. Sun-Times Louisville tries a welcoming approach ...
Mike Bloomberg creates a "street fair tsar." NY Sun The world's languages are disappearing. NYT Colorado turns poison into profit. Denver Post Blowing ...
New report: La. didn't get its fair share of fed Katrina $$. Times-Picayune IL abortion clinic held up by local permitting process. AP KY airport workers ...
NYC's subways are getting cell service. NYT 10-yr-old girl to city council: I WANT A PONY! Minneapolis Star-Tribune Survey: Giving to the homeless can really ...
Chicago this week unveiled the new logo for its bid to host the 2016 Olympic games. The city had been required to drop its old logo, ...
CA Mega Millions players get shortchanged. San Mateo County Times Mayor in WY plays criminal. Casper Star-Tribune NYC experiments with a new kind of bike ...
Political appointees make for bad bureaucrats. Journal of Politics Response to ad plans for Golden Gate is lukewarm. Contra Costa Times A mini-horse in Arden ...
Seattle's atwitter over a streetcar line being built in the city's South Lake Union neighborhood. Not because the residents just get giddy for public transit (...
Brad (with Bill Clinton) unveils Florida's plans for first large-scale solar power plant. St. Petersburg Times Brad announces plans (and donates $5 million) for 150 storm-safe, eco-friendly ...