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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.

Vermont Senator Matt Dunne stopped by the 13th Floor yesterday to chat about what's going on in the Green Mountain State, including healthcare issues, technology ...
Two weeks ago, the state of Utah launched www.espanol.utah.gov, a Spanish-lanaguage site with info on taxes, health services, driver licences, etc. It ...
Okay, so he's no Schwarzenegger.  Or even Ventura. But Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has landed a role in a major film production. The governor ...
They sneak across the border illegally. They leave their country and their families, hoping the journey north will provide a better life. They're willing to ...
If blogs were the big shiny new campaign tool in 2004, this year's election techno-gimmick may be social networking sites like Friendster, MySpace or Facebook. Those ...
This might be the best headline of the day: State Senator Wants To Limit Fluffernutters But it's actually a really outrageous story. This legislator in ...
When incoming Newark, NJ, Mayor Cory Booker gets sworn in on July 1, it's not going to be some small-time affair. He's getting Queen Latifah, Wyclef ...
Utah has sort of reinstated the Spanish-language site that was taken down after only a week and a half, following outcry that it violated the ...
posted by Zach Patton Kentucky Gov. Ernie Flecther doesn't need any more public relations debacles. But he's getting flak right now for not walking to ...
I was born and raised in the South, so I was dismayed -- but not really surprised -- to run across this ranking of which ...