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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.

Fed shrugged as subprime mortgage spread. NYT SLC loooves watching movies. SL Tribune Is the new solar tech capital...Toledo?? WSJ 13 states face total shortfall ...
There's a vampire living in your house! Actually, probably several vampires. Okay, maybe they're not sucking your blood, but they are draining your energy -- ...
Congrats, Alabama, on no longer being a "judicial hellhole"! AP What's up with this floating bench in NYC? PAPERMAG Hot dog vendor stands ...
Score! IL Gov. Blago gets free Hannah Montana tix!!! Sun Times 2,500 OR residents: Stop giving our money to schoolkids! Oregonian Atlantic City to hire a &...
Happy Holidays from the 13th Floor!  If you need us, we'll be in an egg nog coma for the next several days. We're not ...
CA House Speaker's Xmas gifts to lawmakers? "Anti-coal." Sac Bee Jamie Lynn Spears is totes preggers! And states' statutory rape laws are totes ...
We can't leave for the holidays without a good old-fashioned "War on Christmas" story. So... T'was the week before Christmas, and a couple ...
Driving around a city can be a good way to get to know it. Detroit Free Press columnist Bill McGraw has taken that idea to ...
It's officially winter, and it's officially after Christmas. For many cities, that means entering into a period of slumber, when residents stay off the city ...
2008 is here! Among other things, this year marks the first time Smart Cars are available in the United States. You know Smart Cars, right? Those ...