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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.

I have to say, I was a little surprised at yesterday's New York court ruling rejecting an effort by gays and lesbians seeking the right ...
Lousisana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has vetoed a bill that would have designated an official state poem for the Pelican State. She said the poem "...
Now that Google has officially become a verb, it's only a matter of time before we bestow similar recognition on the phrase "Googling yourself.&...
Giving Sonny Perdue a run for his money, Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich has gone Hollywood. The Guv has a small role as a Statehouse security ...
Alan Greenblatt wrote recently about how business revenues in Montgomery County, Maryland, shot up after the county instituted a smoking ban. It looks like restaurants ...
So in New Orleans, Ron Mazier can't be "I.Q." And in Texas, Richard can be "Kinky" but Carole can't be &...
My apartment isn't very far from the 13th Floor. I love it. It's close enough for me to walk to work, and if there's something ...
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Flethcer's patronage hiring scandal is well documented. But his lawyers are trying an innovative defense of his alleged improprieties: Everybody else was ...
Ohio officials are getting flak for a state-produced CD of children's music, made by inmates in Ohio prisons. The disc, entitled "Wings of Hope,&...
The Albuquerque Journal has a story (subs. required) about how New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is courting blogs with as much fervor as he courts ...