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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.

Rule No. 1:  Know Where Your State Is Jeanine Pirro, the ex-Westchester County DA and ex-opponent to Sen. Hilllary Clinton (in a race where Pirro ...
Smoking marijuana: not okay. Spray-painting huge marijuana leaves on the outside of your house: fine, apparently. That's the verdict in Winsted, Connecticut, where town officials (...
If only homeland security were this simple: Conducter on a DC metro train:  "Passengers, please refrain from taking pictures of the train due ...
You know those 90,000 FEMA trailers that the President of the United States seems, somehow, powerless to get moved off the lot in Arkansas? Maybe it's ...
Whatever happened to running for an office you actually wanted?  Last week, we mentioned a candidate for Rhode Island lieutenant governor who's running on ...
If you're reading this post on a bar's wi-fi connection in Austin, you might want to put down that beer. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission ...
Ohio Secretary of State---and '06 GOP gubernatorial hopeful---Kenneth Blackwell has been getting some flak lately for owning stocks in companies with which the state does ...
Hey, congratulations on your move to a new city! Hope you enjoy the new digs. Oh, didn't you realize you'd changed locales? Well, according to ...
posted by Zach Patton Let's put the just-finished Maryland legislative session into perspective: What Lawmakers Did Not Do: Reach any agreement to limit utility rate ...
Poverty is encroaching on suburban enclaves -- even the most affluent of them. Many are ill-equipped to meet the new social-service needs.