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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.

The progressive governor has the business acumen to lure companies and jobs to the state, but can he win over an increasingly conservative legislature?
In the city’s upcoming election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his critics both paint a portrait of the “two Chicagos” but with dueling interpretations.
He left office earlier this year after an unprecedented two decades leading the city.
Can the geologist-turned-brewpub owner-turned-governor of Colorado lead as a centrist when there’s no political center?
Americans are hungrier now than they've been in generations. Some states are fighting it, but they can only do so much with a Congress committed to cutting budgets.
Here are 7 things to know about our new website.
Innovation is an important part of leadership, but so is failure.
Library systems in cities across the country are debuting Hoopla, a free and unlimited streaming service for music and movies -- though the selection won’t be quite the same as Netflix or Hulu.
For the first time ever, a majority of the island's voters favor statehood. But while many think it's the answer to the territory's economic woes, others disagree.
Ethics experts say questionable ties between nonprofits and politicians are on the rise, but state scrutiny is often ineffective.