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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.

Complaining about artificial turf is easy: It's expensive. It's not as environmenta lly sound as real grass. It's uncomfortable to walk and run on. But ...
Just yesterday, we on the 13th floor were talking about how public employees should watch what they write in a blog. It could cost you ...
After some initial grumblings, it now seems there's no question that New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina will ...
The Salt Lake Tribune obtained the credit card records for Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson. The result? Rocky's a good tipper. The mayor is ...
There's an interesting economics experiment going on in Hawaii. A first-in-the-nation state cap on gas prices went into effect last month, and residents have already ...
In Lexington, KY, last Fourth of July, a handful of attractive teenage girls drummed up support for mayoral candidate Bill Farmer, Jr. The good-looking high ...
Just as we have run the gamut of names for hurricanes this season, I can't help wondering if any superlatives will be left unused. Right ...
Some Greenwich, CT, residents are petitioning the city to change the name of their street. Why? Well, they live on Hooker Lane. They're tired of ...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his fair share of political blunders in his relatively short political career. And most of the time when he interacts ...
On November 8, citizens in Texas who vote for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage could inadvertently be voting to ban the institution altogether. Some ...