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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.

Why CA's "green" fleet is actually worse for the environment. Mercury News FL's Crist says he's not Romney's VP. AP NJ's Corzine walks ...
Hey, don't know if you heard, but President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's prison sentence. Depending on your perspective, it was either a slap in the ...
Okay, this is easily the single greatest song ever written about a state commissioner of labor. Yep, the smiling face of North Carolina Labor Commissioner ...
Governors are fair-weather Facebook friends. Stateline Shaq for sheriff, and Charles Barkley for AL gov? Birmingham News No more roadside parking in Arkansas. Today's THV ...
Lean Star State? TX will be first to test its kids' fitness. Morning News OR town's residents upset that the traffic posts look like...you ...
Sorry, Illinois, Massachusetts, Tennessee and 31 other states. Springfield, Vermont, has won the coveted title of "Springfield." You know, from "The Simpsons." ...
I went to public schools from kindergarten all the way through college. I actually take a lot of pride in that. But Pittsburgh thinks there's ...
The Merriam-Webster dictionary folks have come out with their list of new additions for the year. Topping the list? "Ginormous" and "crunk.&...
White firefighters sue over promotions. Sun-Times Vegas monorail plunges to "junk" bond status. Vegas Sun LA County offers "inland port" plan. ...
States find no easy fix for aggressive driving. Stateline Out with the old: Seattle's selling its old street signs. Seattle Times PA's Rendell likens political ...