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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.)

Gov. Paul LePage had more than 10 days to veto 19 bills sent to him by the Legislature in late June. Though he was outspoken in his opposition to the bills, he didn't get around to vetoing them and they will all take effect as law. But LePage on Wednesday said his administration just won't enforce them.
Lawmakers who locked horns on the Assembly floor over the contentious two-year budget shared laughs and engaged in spirited debate at The Coopers Tavern, a bar across the street.
The squirrel is not a suspect. It's just a picture. Used to draw attention. Please do not call in squirrel sightings.
Gov. Chris Christie ordered the review; its goal is to improve, not redo, standards, officials say.
Between 2012 and 2014, 47 states passed 261 laws creating or expanding pretrial programs that would supervise low-level offenders in lieu of holding them in jails.
A former Republican majority leader was the driving force.
Milwaukee, Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans and St. Louis have all seen their murder rates increase in 2015.
With 1 million Puerto Ricans in Florida, candidates will feel pressure to voice support for the territory.
Milfred Ellis hopes his posters will rally Washington's black homeowners amid an influx of younger, white residents.
The New York governor signed an executive order designating the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for certain police-related civilian deaths. The families of many victims say the order is too limited.