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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.

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Pennsylvania is the Only State That Bans Cops From Using Radar to Catch Speeders. That Could Soon Change.
The state is the only one nationwide that bans municipal police officers from using radar to enforce speed limits. For the last 57 years, Pennsylvania has reserved that technology for state troopers.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Ohio Mulls Future of E-schools as Controversial Online Charter Assets are Sold Off
Ohio is still waiting for a state Supreme Court ruling that will either drive the final nail into [the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow's] coffin or let the controversial online school rise from the dead. But the assets of the recently closed charter school are being sold off, some in surprising ways, as state officials start digging into major lingering issues about online schools overall.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Michigan Democrats Propose Changing Voting Age to 16
The unprecedented outpouring of activism from students after the shooting at Marjorie Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., in February is the genesis for a bill introduced in the Legislature last week that would change the voting age in Michigan to 16.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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After Losing Fight on 'Amazon Tax,' Seattle is Back to Square One on Homelessness
After a bruising, month-long fight in which Amazon and other businesses squelched a new corporate head tax to fund homeless services, Seattle is struggling to find a path forward to deal with a crisis that's exploded in recent years.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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To Combat Potholes, Cities Turn to Technology
They are a torment for motorists and a costly headache for transportation departments. Every winter and spring, potholes plague city streets and rural roads, causing drivers to curse and public works officials to shudder.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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California Appeals Court Reinstates Law Allowing Terminally Ill Patients to End Their Lives
Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra fought to reinstate the law in recent weeks with a court appeal. He celebrated the court's most recent action Friday.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Local Law Enforcement Officers in Texas Slam Trump's Family Separation Policy
Law enforcement leaders in Houston and elsewhere joined in Sunday on condemning President Donald Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy, which is leading to the separation of thousands of young children from their parents in recent weeks.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Hundreds March on Texas Tent City Housing Separated Immigrant Children
Days after a tent city went up near El Paso, demonstrators near the facility took aim at the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from parents who were seeking asylum.
June 18, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Each of These Cities Wants to Grow Its Local Network of Entrepreneurs
Announcing the finalists for this year's City Accelerator initiative.
June 15, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Can Your City Build a Better Local Business Network?
What innovations could help you nurture home-grown business and minority-owned companies? City Accelerator can help you find out.
April 30, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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