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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.

Proving that Iowa and South Dakota don't have a lock on gimmicky tourism ploys, Fairfax County, VA, is announcing plans to bury a car. According ...
Voters in Herndon, VA, ousted the mayor and two town council members who supported the construction of a city-financed center for day laborers. I don't ...
Maybe we post too much about tourism on the 13th Floor, but it's just too darn interesting to ignore. Illinois has introduced its first slogan ...
Just how popular is South Dakota's "Twenty Bucks for the Road" program, in which residents of neighboring states are enticed to enter the ...
Rejoice, college freshman co-eds! Rejoice, skaters and goth kids! Rejoice, bemuscled gym-goers! It looks like tatoos will finally, officially be legal throughout these United States. (...
Kansas is putting an end to child brides -- kinda. The state passed a minimum age requirement for marriage. Previously, Kansas didn't have a minimum ...
As previously stated, once you start writing about state slogans and tourism, you just can't stop. It's a story begging for a story teller, a ...
We've written lots about state legislatures wasting time by designating official dances, fish, dirt and other inane bits of culture.  But I'd like to ...
Check out the 13th Floor the first part of next week, when resident political oddsmaker and horserace prognosticator Josh Goodman is going to update his ...
There are lots of state-specific blogs out there (as evidenced by our long and growing blogroll down on the left). But blogs that cover state-level ...