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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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How Free Trade Became a Political Liability
It's hard to find candidates of any party this year openly supporting free trade -- even if they've touted its benefits in the past.
September 09, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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All U.S. Blood Donations Should Be Screened For Zika, FDA Says
It's a major expansion from a Feb. 16 advisory that limited such screening to areas with active Zika virus transmission.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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Insurance Concerns: Half of Louisiana's Recently Flooded Homes Not in 'High-Risk' Areas
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden said Thursday about half the people who took on water lived in areas where residents aren't required by lenders to buy flood insurance. Many places experienced flooding that never had before.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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Sioux Tribe Could Get New Legal Help in Challenge Against Oil Pipeline in North Dakota
Environmental rights groups are focusing efforts on a legal challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline, a partially constructed oil line that has drawn thousands of Native American protesters to North Dakota in recent days.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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New Tennessee Drunk Driving Law Endangers Federal Road Funding
When state lawmakers passed a new drunken driving law for people under the drinking age, they didn't realize that the change would make Tennessee the only state to run afoul of federal zero-tolerance standards.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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States Start to Approve Steep Increases in Health Premiums
The first handful of states have released approved 2017 rates for people who buy health insurance on their own and the results so far are consistent with what many expected: There are significant increases in premiums for next year.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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California's 'Most Hazardous' Rail Crossing to Get Major Overhaul
The state will construct a $137.2-million overpass that will route car and truck traffic above the country's second-busiest passenger rail corridor.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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Hawaii Ends Year with Record $1 Billion Surplus
The state was holding a record-setting $1 billion general treasury cash surplus when it closed the books on last fiscal year, an extraordinary sum that likely will alter the course of contract negotiations as the state and counties begin a new round of bargaining with Hawaii's public worker unions.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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Virginia Faces Budget Shortfall Much Worse Than Expected
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce the shortfall – a projected $1.5 billion gap over the state's next two-year budget – to the General Assembly on Friday.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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California Aims Retirement Plan at Those Whose Jobs Offer None
It would be the first state to adopt such a plan.
August 26, 2016
 · Zach Patton
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