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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.

Remember California Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia?  She of the hot Latina blood? Well now she's under fire for making her own political gaffe. She's apologizing ...
Huh?  FL anti-smoking program worked great...so the state got rid of it. Tampa Tribune Houston getting on board smoking ban wagon. Chronicle Cook ...
Arizona ranked dumbest in the U.S. AZ Republic Newark Mayor Cory Booker's first 100 days. NYT In KS, some GOPers are turning into Dems. WaPo ...
IL city wants to force residents to put a sticker with a cross on it on their cars. Chicago Tribune NJ bill would ban aluminum ...
Have you heard?  The English language is under attack!  Immigrants are moving here and bringing their own languages. States are printing voting instructions ...
In Chicago, recess may be making a comeback. Tribune Black mayors becoming more common in Mississippi. Memphis Commercial Appeal Urban renewal's final implosion. Washington Post ...
As you've probably read, California just announced that, for the first time, the state will send inmates to be housed in private prisons in other ...
A nationwide bee shortage, and the Beehive State is on the front lines. Salt Lake Tribune Atlanta's getting a civil rights museum. Thanks, Coca-Cola! Atlanta ...
Here on the 13th Floor, it's pretty hard not to think of things in political terms. We're in D.C., we cover state and local ...
Hospitals, stuck with "frequent flyers," give free basic care a whirl. NYT How Europe won the war against hospital infections. Slate Someone on ...