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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.)

The governor - his eye on the 2016 race - has frozen step pay. The unions are hitting back.
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Number of school librarians for every 7,000 students in California. Budget cuts have caused many states to eliminate such positions, but California has the lowest librarian-to-student ratio in the country.
16%
Reduction in lobbyists' entertainment spending on Virginia lawmakers in the last six months, compared to a six-month period before former Gov. Bob McDonnell's gifts scandal.
Thomas Farr, an attorney representing North Carolina, in his opening statements of the trial on whether key provisions of the state's 2013 overhaul of voting laws passes constitutional muster.
The amount of Virginia's budget surplus less than a year after the state had a projected $2.4 billion shortfall.
Portion of the U.S. population that remains uninsured, which is the lowest since Gallup began tracking the statistic in 2008.
Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation, quoting an economist in an episode of "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" that criticizes the trend of paying for private sports stadiums with public funds.
An editorial in The Wisconsin Gazette, a progressive alternative newspaper, criticizing the close relationship between Gov. Scott Walker -- who announced his run for president Monday -- and conservative talk radio show hosts.
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Number of valedictorians this year, which is 25 percent of the graduating class, at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va.