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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.

Florida state employees rank last in pay. AP Fed court throws out NY's Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. NYT Got a Heads Up for us? ...
Seattle's $6.6 million experiment with automated, self-cleaning public toilets may be coming to an end: Citing drug use and prostitution in the silver pods, Seattle Public ...
Silk-pajamas-wearing agency official cleared of harrassment charges. Chicago Sun-Times TX officials want state pension funds to invest in new toll roads. San Antonio Express News ...
Do you enjoy going to the movies but think they're just too darn affordable?  The state of Alabama hopes so. The Retirement Systems of ...
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation allowing heated sidewalks, stairs, entryways and pedestrian walkways. Wisconsin had the nation's only prohibition against such devices, passed ...
How is Eliot Spitzer like Henry VIII? NY Magazine Foreclosed homeowners trash their homes on the way out. WSJ MA gov skipped casino debate to ...
If it seems like there's something odd about this WrestleMania billboard in Orlando, that's because there is:  The guys don't have nipples. Yep, in ...
Toddlers take Manhattan -- and other cities. WaPo Chicago cops told to cut the deep-dish and hot dogs. NYT L.A., in search of density. ...
As this U.S. News story says, "The good news, ridership is up; the bad news, ridership is up." Mass transit systems all ...
The Washington Nationals opened their season in their brand spankin' new stadium yesterday. (It's a new era in baseball! The greatest stadium for the bestest ...