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Daniel Luzer

news editor

Daniel Luzer -- News Editor. Daniel previously worked as the Web editor at the Washington Monthly and as an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. His work has appeared at Mother Jones, Salon, Pacific Standard, the Washington Monthly and Columbia Journalism Review.

(It's pronounced Loot-zer.)

As federal agencies have cut costs during the budget standoffs in Washington, further decreasing the size of a firefighting work force, the burden of fighting wildfires has been shifted to states and local jurisdictions. And prisoners are cheap to employ.
And 8 more states have legislation pending to allow it.
Median growth in per-inmate prison health care costs between 2001 and 2008.
The holidays are always the busiest time of the year for food banks. Those who help the hungry are preparing for even more recipients this year.
Announcing the dual Medicaid-Medicare program
Editorial published at Bloomberg News praising New Jersey's decision to allow online gambling, and recommending such a policy for the entire country.
A Sacramento judge finds the state can't use billions in bond funding and must come up with a new financing plan. State officials explore ways to keep the project moving.
How Republican immigration policy might have to change
Talk of Medicaid expansion in the state can, at best, be described as a hushed whisper.
Black, Latino and Native American leaders join forces to call for a new name for Washington’s team.