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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.

The city of Chicago is one step closer to becoming foie gras-free. A city council committee on Tuesday approved a ban on the food, made ...
Officials in Arlington County, Virginia, will take up a hot-button topic next month: whether or not to limit the size of new houses in the ...
This year, New Jersey is forbidding sex offenders from participating in Halloween. The state parole board is instituting a 7 p.m. curfew for sex offenders ...
Evolution has long been under attack in Kansas. The state school board voted in 1999 to ban the teaching of Darwinian theory. That board was soon ...
On Nov. 1, 2005, officials announced that Anthony Williams' blog had passed away. At less than two months old, the online journal was quite young. It had ...
DC Mayor Anthony Williams' blog, which earlier this week was presumed dead, may be returning from the grave. A city spokesperson is now saying that ...
If you want to enjoy some delicious, American-grown horsemeat, you'd better do it fast. The federal government is likely putting an end to the practice ...
Concerns over the rate of growth and development could be a key factor in next year's elections in Maryland. A Baltimore Sun  study found ...
Via Hotline's Last Call! (subs. required): And the most enthusiastic winner of Election 2005 goes to this man.
The governors of Kentucky and Illinois must be playing from the same political handbook. Both Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (a Republican) and Illinois Gov. Rod ...