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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.

Back in January, we mentioned the Jail WebCam in Anderson County, TN, which showed a live video feed from the county jail there. What a ...
Congressman calls Miami "third world." Herald New pitch for mag-lev trains: clean air. LA Times NJ's Ex-Gov. Codey is governor again -- for ...
Which U.S. city has the most exurban areas around it? You know exburbs, those fast-growing but still semi-rural counties that lie near metropolitan areas ...
The IA Legislature is a lot younger than it used to be. Des Moines Register Gettysburg: Pickett's charge and slot machines? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dog food ...
ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" costs UT town thousands of taxpayer dollars. SL Tribune Lobbying over NYC's proposed trans-fat ban gets fierce. WSJ (...
Texas' "top 10 percent" law is under fire. Dallas Morning News Florida could ban stem cell research -- and require it! St. Pete Times ...
Nation's healthiest state? MN (again).  AP But IL's the most improved. AP Are there some drunken sailors in Massachusetts? Boston Globe Just how much ...
Here's a fun little game for us -- a holiday Mad Libs! Write a blog entry by filling in these blanks with one of the ...
Getting white-collar workers to ride the bus. NPR Want naming rights for AR Gov. Huckabee's after-party? Got $15k? AR Times blog KY's U.S. Senators ...
TSA might let non-passengers go to airport gates again. USA Today AZ creates an honor roll for charter schools. AZ Republic CA gets its first ...