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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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Chicago aldermen want to avoid a JetBlue fiaso at O'Hare. Sun-Times Holy #$*%! Anti-porn czar tackles obscenity. SL Tribune Estonia to vote for president on the ...
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From 13th Floor reader William comes this groan-inducing bit of legislation introduced in the Minnesota House in January. It establishes a poet laureate for the ...
Sex scandal cover-up in Missouri? KC Star Great idea! Postal service fixes long waits by removing clocks. AP Toll transponder inaccuracy is widespread. theNewspaper States ...
CA highway patrol's suicide rate is 7.5 times the U.S. average. Sac Bee Using MySpace to fight gang violence. San Diego Union-Tribune Will NH bingo ...
MA guv made a call on behalf of his former company. Boston Globe Polar bears endangered? Alaska's not so sure. AP "Rocky Mountain High&...