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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.)

Total annual compensation provided to every member of the New Hampshire state legislature.
Percent of state and local governments reporting hiring freezes last year (down from 41.6 percent the year before).
Stephen Klineberg, co-director of Rice’s Kinder Institute, on the problem with outsiders’ perception of Houston.
In Colorado, voters will consider a huge tax hike on legal marijuana; New Yorkers could expand gambling; and voters in Washington state are in the midst of a multimillion-dollar campaign over the labeling of genetically modified foods.
Consumers shopping in the new health insurance marketplaces find the pricing very complicated, while people in some areas of the country have to pay much more for the identical level of coverage than consumers elsewhere.
Many Republican politicians are finding the government shutdown tests their party loyalty.
Number of New Hampshire residents represented per state legislator. In California, there's one legislator for every 475,518 residents.
Minnesota Vikings Vice President of Public Affairs Lester Bagley, explaining why the professional football team will have to scale back plans for its new stadium in Minneapolis.
Due to the unique financial structure of the District of Columbia, the city can't even spend its own money to pay for Medicaid.
States have hiked tobacco and gambling taxes, but thanks to lobbying, most alcohol taxes remain untouched.