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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.)

Tufts University political scientist Jeffrey Berry, on organized labor and the election of Marty Walsh as mayor of Boston.
Amount Washington, D.C.'s education department paid a Chicago consulting firm, SPC Consulting, for one-day services at a city education conference. Fee included a half-hour speech, three 45-minute parent workshops and copies of parenting books.
Use of tough federal sentencing laws varies widely nationwide.
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Percent of welfare applications the state of Kansas denies, more than double the denial rate in neighboring Missouri.
New Newark, N.J., Mayor Luis Quintana, drawing distinctions between him and his predecessor, the Twitter-happy Cory Booker who last month was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Here are the results from the most important state and local races and ballot initiatives across the country.
In Alabama, lack of competition may be behind insurance premium costs.
After a string of legal defeats, Alabama backs down.
Florida criminal case puts focus on bullying laws.
Dealey Plaza: A place Dallas has long tried to avoid and forget