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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.

Government finance officers tell it like it is. Will politicians finally listen?
Plus: The cost of rules, how bikes saves lives, and more management news.
In the public sector, there's one phrase that's downright bone-chilling.
Health-care reformers say it can be done. Girard Miller doubts it.
Plus: City Budget Cuts, Stimulus Strains, And More Management News
The President now says public works don't do a good job of stimulating the short-term economy. That's not news.
President Obama wants Congress to approve $50 billion in new infrastructure funds, but he wants states to throw in their share, too.
A team of researchers is rethinking the basis for calculating pensions.
Plus: A New Budget Gimmick, And More Management News
Many of this year's Republican gubernatorial candidates have vowed to delay -- or permanently end -- the administration's high-profile plans for high-speed rail.