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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.

Latest News
In Stinging Rebuke, Massachusetts High Court Strikes 'Millionaire's Tax' from Ballot
The measure would have imposed a higher income tax rate for personal earnings above $1 million, a levy that would have brought in an estimated $2 billion in new revenue next year.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Cook County, Ill., Facing 'Difficult and Challenging' Budget Shortfall
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle called the fiscal gap "difficult and challenging."
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Judge Strikes Down Kansas Voter Law, Orders Sec. of State Kobach to Take Classes
A federal judge has struck down a Kansas voter citizenship law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had personally defended.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Citing Corruption in Albany, Former Syracuse Mayor Launches Independent Bid to Oust Cuomo as Governor of New York
Her candidacy may not loom as a major threat on its own, but it just might attract enough votes in concert with other left-leaning opponents to present a big time problem for the incumbent Democrat.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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New York City Will End Marijuana Arrests for Most People
Most New Yorkers caught smoking marijuana will face criminal summonses instead of being arrested, under a new city policy announced by the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio Tuesday.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country
In cities and counties across the country — including Little Rock, Ark.; Phoenix, Ariz.; southeast Michigan; central Utah; and in Tennessee — the Koch brothers are fueling a fight against public transit, an offshoot of their longstanding national crusade for lower taxes and smaller government.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Up to 1,000 Children Held by Immigration Authorities Now Living in South Florida Compound
Under fire for child detention centers in Texas, the Trump administration has also reopened a Florida facility that once housed children who entered the country illegally and alone.
June 19, 2018
 · Zach Patton
News in Numbers
1,995
Number of children, according to the Trump administration, who have been separated from parents facing criminal prosecution for unlawfully crossing the border over a six-week period that ended last month. Controversy over the practice has led to growing cries for the White House to end the "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal immigration that it put in place in April.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
Who Said That
Why should my tips go to subsidize the labor costs of a corporation?
Diana Ramirez, deputy co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a nationwide advocacy group and the leader of an effort in Washington, D.C., to end the practice of allowing restaurants and bars to pay below-mimimum wages and make up the difference in tips. D.C. residents will vote Tuesday on whether to repeal the so-called tip credit. Restaurants have said the added workforce expense would put many eateries out of business.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision on Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a decision on when partisan gerrymandering goes too far, ruling against the challengers of a Republican-drawn map in Wisconsin, and a Democratic redistricting in Maryland.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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