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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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P3s Can Be Bad for Racial Equity -- But They Don't Have to Be
Governments can structure arrangements with private contractors that consider impacts on low-income individuals and people of color.
April 26, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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How Milwaukee Plans to Help Minority Businesses by Rethinking City Contracting
The city is one of the most diverse in the nation. But not everyone has shared equally in its economic growth.
March 21, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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5 Ways Cities Can Use Their Purchasing Power to Support Minority-Owned Businesses
The teams involved in this year's City Accelerator program met recently to discuss how they could improve the representation of minority-owned businesses in government contracts.
March 14, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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SXSW Takeaways: 'The Immediate Future Is All About Cities'
Austin Mayor Steve Adler and several other city leaders discuss their experience at this year's South by Southwest conference.
March 14, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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At South by Southwest, Pragmatist Mayors Learn to Think Like Futurists
The city leaders gathered in Austin engaged in workshops and exercises designed to help them think longer-term.
March 12, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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To Track Opioid Use, More Cities May Soon Screen Wastewater
A new tech startup allows cities to chart drug usage down to the neighborhood level.
March 11, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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White Residents Have Better Access to City Services, Mayors Say in New Survey
Most mayors said people of color experienced worse treatment by police and the courts and had worse access to education, housing and health care.
March 11, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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SXSW 2018: What Mayors Want
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Ind., and Mayor Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento spoke on a special SXSW preview episode of Governing's newest podcast, Go Public.
March 09, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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SXSW 2018: Mayors Focus on the Future
As city leaders from around the country meet at South by Southwest in Austin, they'll discuss the forces that will shape urbanism for decades to come.
March 08, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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Should Government Pay People to Make Good Decisions?
A health crisis in Alabama led officials to an unconventional solution: Hand out cash to change citizen behavior.
March 06, 2018
 · Zach Patton
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