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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.

If you've got 30 seconds and an Internet connection, you can become an ordained minister online. It doesn't even cost money. For that reason, a county ...
Rocky start for universal healthcare in Mass. NPR In defense of urban skywalks. NY Sun MN bridge chief rebuts critics. St. Paul Pioneer Press Study: ...
Pedestrians killed in DC are disproportionately minorities. Examiner What will the cab of the future look like? Wired's Autopia blog Deloitte racks up half a ...
The New York Times Sunday magazine had an interview with Perry this week. (Wonder if Perry did the interview before the Times' hit piece on ...
The Super Bowl ended more than 520 hours ago, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has STILL not made good on his bet with New York Gov. ...
Remember that board game that Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' son made? The one set in prison with not-too-subtle jokes about inmate rape? Well, Kansas state ...
You get in the airport security line, throw away your bottle of water, unpack everything in your carry-on, pull off your shoes, your jacket, your ...
If you find yourself traveling to the San Francisco Bay area, here's a way to save some money. Who needs to spend 15 bucks a person ...
A marijuana trade school opens in CA. [Insert "higher education" joke]. AP Fewer youths jumping behind the wheel at 16. NYT Is there no ...
Georgia's quirky plan to move its border with Tennessee seems to be getting, well, less quirky. The House and Senate in the state have each ...