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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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New York City Will End Marijuana Arrests for Most People
The New York Police Department will spare many people who smoke marijuana in public from getting arrested and will give them a ticket instead.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Citing Child Separation Policy, Governors Refuse Trump's Call for More Border Troops
A bipartisan group of seven governors rejected President Donald Trump's request to send their states' National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border because they object to the administration's policy of separating minor children from asylum-seeking adults.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
Who Said That
We’re just going to have to make the best of a bad situation.
Aubrey Vincent, sales manager for Lindy’s Seafood, a crab wholesaler on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Lindy's and other "picking houses" rely on seasonal Mexican laborers with H2-B visas to process the crab harvest. But the federal government this year changed the way it distributes those visas, moving from a first-come, first-served system to a lottery. Half the state's crab houses failed to get visas, leaving them without any workers for the upcoming season. One seafood wholesaler previously told the Baltimore Sun that "this is going to cause the price of crab meat to go out of sight. There’s not going to be hardly any Maryland crab meat."
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
News in Numbers
10
Number of sessions convened by the Louisiana Legislature in the past three years. The latest session, which began Monday, is already the fourth one called by lawmakers in 2018.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Colorado Governor Bars State Resources from Being Used to Separate Immigrant Families
The decision is unlikely to have widespread impact but represents a rebuke to the White House.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Massachusetts Governor Won't Send National Guard Troops to Mexico Border
Gov. Charlie Baker is reversing a decision to send a Massachusetts National Guard helicopter to the country’s southern border, citing the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Another One? Louisiana Legislature Convenes 10th Session in 3 Years
Lawmakers have already tried -- and failed -- to reach a consensus on taxes in a regular session in 2017 and two previous special sessions this year.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
Latest News
Blue No Longer: Democratic Voter Registration Drops Below 50 Percent in Kentucky
Democrats no longer make up a majority of registered voters in Kentucky, dipping below 50 percent for the first time since at least the World War II era.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Dueling Democratic Budgets and Veto Threat Bring New Jersey Closer to Shutdown
The intensified hostility between the governor and state Legislature pushes New Jersey closer to the possibility of a second state government shutdown in two years.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell Announces He Has Parkinson's Disease
Rendell said he had begun having symptoms including a slight tremor three and a half years ago, and sought medical attention at the urging of his family.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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