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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.

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HIV Apathy
On a rainy day last June, local officials in Washington, D.C., gathered under tents erected on a public plaza to be tested for HIV....
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Issues to Watch 2007
Much of the Democrats' success in state elections last year was due to dissatisfaction with the way things were going in Washington, D.C. Voters...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Bad Bugs
Usually, it's just a mild skin infection, an irritating outbreak of pimples. But it can get much worse: The pimples can become painful lesions or...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Back on Track
Tracy Finch would prefer to show visitors around the south side of Charlotte by train. But the city's first light-rail line won't open until this...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Free on Friday
Here's a typical Friday schedule for Jeff Herring, the director of human resources for the state of Utah: First, a leisurely breakfast with his wife...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Unreconstructed
Before dawn on April 29, the driver of a gasoline truck in Oakland, California, lost control of his rig and flipped it on an Interstate connector...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Hush Money
Earlier this summer, residents of Lenoir, North Carolina, a small town about 70 miles northwest of Charlotte, gathered for a community picnic. Under a white tent,...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Leaping into Light Rail
Hey! What do you know? It's cold!" Rick Simonetta isn't talking about the temperature in downtown Phoenix, which today is 92 degrees in the shade. What's...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Fresh Fight
Woodbury County, Iowa, isn't the first place you'd expect people to worry about where their food comes from. The county, which includes Sioux City and...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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Grounded
If you want to fly into Rialto, California, you'd better do it soon. The airport in this city of 100,000 people, located 55 miles east of Los...
March 24, 2010
 · Zach Patton
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