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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.

Rhode Island falls in love with Richard Gere. Pawtucket Times Border fence: Mother of all eminent-domain disputes. Chicago Tribune Online chat with Gov. Tim Kaine. ...
TX state employees can no longer hide their ages. Dallas Morning News Burying the long-dead Seattle monorail. Seattle Times It's Nuh-VAD-uh, not Nuh-VAH-duh. Las Vegas ...
Bill Richardson grows a beard to "decompress." AP Drivers take on DMVs over vanity plates. USA Today Got a Heads Up for us? ...
BREAKING!  Mike Bloomberg does laundry. NY Observer After 4 years, Utah's capitol building is back -- and earthquake-ready. SL Tribune Got a Heads Up for ...
Are you a public official who's concerned that your not-so-svelte figure might be an obstacle to your campaign for a higher office? Don't want to ...
Alaska state Rep. Richard Foster is sick. The lawmaker had a stroke last week, and he's in need of a new kidney. Fortunately, several people ...
Nation's 1st green homeless shelter opens in Oakland. Oakland Tribune Which prez candidates will speak to metropolitan issues? Chicago Sun-Times Got a Heads Up for ...
The son of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is selling a board game that's a little less Kansas and a little more "Oz." John ...
FINALLY! "Surf City USA" gets official OK. Santa Cruz Sentinel Rethinking the meat-guzzler. NYT Got a Heads Up for us? Email 13thfloor@governing....
Who knew? Bail bondsmen are illegal almost everywhere except U.S. NYT Ohio judge sentences man to spend a night homeless. AP At airport, West ...