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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.

Sinkholes are not a new phenomenon in the United States, but a recent spate of huge, sudden-appearing caverns is prompting alarm because they’re happening in places where they were once rare.
More than half of the state's alternative Medicaid recipients didn't make the payments required for top service.
LGBT advocacy groups say the law is a way to limit rights of same-sex couples, particularly when it comes to parenting.
State Sen. Bob Hasegawa has announced he's running, as Murray battles a sex-abuse lawsuit.
The governor wants a cap on sick-time payouts and "golden parachutes" for retirees.
State lawmakers want to head off the kinds of protracted protests that occurred at the Dakota Access Pipeline last year.
Growth in the sector could put Kansas behind only four other states in terms of wind-energy production by the end of this year.
Walker rejected the heart of a GOP roads plan, saying it amounted to a net tax increase on fuel of more than $400 million over two years.
With limited federal subsidies under the GOP health care bill, experts say states like California and New York would be under pressure to cut costs.
San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor will face councilman Ron Nirenberg in a runoff in her reeelection bid. In El Paso, former state Rep. Dee Margo came up short and will face David Saucedo in a mayoral runoff.