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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.

AL Gov issues proclamation calling for week of prayer for rain. AL.com Court says"driving under the influence" includes hangovers. NJ.com ...
The home of the $3,000 traffic ticket. USA Today Rough road ahead for state-owned "Arizona Highways" mag. AZ Republic KY's First Dog is getting ...
OMG it's July 2nd and you don't have an iPhone yet??? Philly Mayor John Street and DC Mayor Adrian Fenty both do. Street camped out ...
LA's Villaraigosa acknowledges "relationship" with Telemundo reporter. ABC7 NCSL prez gets some props. Houston Chronicle GA approves nation's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant. ...
Of course road traffic is going to be horrendous this Fourth of July -- record-breaking, in fact, according to AAA. But it's not just cars ...
Happy Independence Day! The 13th Floor will be back on Thursday.
Speech snub? Seattle mayor delivers "State of the City" to Rotary Club, not city council. Seattle Times Applications for U.S. citizenship surging. ...
From a 13th Floor operative in Colorado comes this interesting update of LovelandSexualSculptureGate '06, in which some residents of Loveland, CO, were upset that a ...
Fliers' bill of rights advances. AZ Republic High-speed rail may link Midwest.  Indy Star The new way to measure student achievement. NYT Independent Bloomberg ...
Los Angeles is 50 percent bigger in area than New York City, but LA has only half the cops. That means they spend most of their ...