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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.

Some states are fighting a move in Congress to centralize federal power over health insurance premium rate reviews.
Chapter 9 doesn't work the same as Chapters "7-Eleven" and won't solve the pension-benefit crisis.
In the New Normal economy, the rules of labor arbitration must change.
Under new SEC rules, placement agents won't be outlawed, but they will be regulated.
Plus: Relaxing Oversight on State Contracts, Making Referendum Signatures Public, And More
Just when it looks like homeowners are finally getting a break, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are threatening to halt progress on local governments’ efforts to encourage energy-efficiency upgrades.
It's the Fourth of July. Let's blow something up.
Four workers unions wake up and smell the coffee.
Plus: Progress on Hospital Infections, Another Bunch of Bad Co-Workers, And More
In a small town in Michigan, the pig on top of the Oink Joint -- made famous in the movie "Whip It" -- gets new life as a charity fund-raiser.