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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.

Counties criminally liable for posting Soc. Sec. numbers? ComputerWorld SLC's policy protecting gays and minorities is now law. SL Tribune A Big Dig for Philly? ...
Ritter vs. Ritter: The contradictions of CO's governor. Denver Post Special green license plates for OH sex offenders? NYT "Super Mario vs. the Pieman.&...
Springfields vie for "Simpsons" movie premiere. WaPo More states dropping motorcycle helmet laws. NPR CDC report: AIDS hits black men the hardest. Reuters ...
How much for a brain? SC weighs early release for organ-donor felons. LA Times Suit urges MA to overhaul prisons. Boston Globe Thanks for that ...
Nobody blows up a building like Vegas. Review-Journal video Related: Vegas casino implosions through the years. Vegas.com Ex-NJ Gov. McGreevey wants full custody of ...
CO's new state song: Not that kind of "high." NYT The bolo tie is now the official tie of NM. Santa Fe New ...
More states offer preschool. AP Are libraries necessary? WSJ (free link) Cool tag cloud for OH State of the State. Cincy Enquirer's Footnotes blog Is ...
Cocoa Beach's "emergency measure": No sofas on the beach! FL Today Death penalty stays on the books in MD. Balto Sun NH bill ...
Take that, science! NM lawmakers say Pluto's still a planet. AP Ray Nagin: Change in NOLA's racial makeup is "a plot." Times-Picayune Global ...
Hawaii state style guide: Don't call that thing a "tiki"!! Honolulu Advertiser OR House members introduce package of Gen X legislation. Oregonian NJ ...