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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.)

Washington, D.C., Councilmember Jack Evans, arguing that the vast and mysterious cost of the city's new baseball park is not worth worrying about because the stadium encouraged other development in the neighborhood.
16%
Portion of Phoenix's waste that is recycled, far below the national rate of 34 percent.
The divorced New York governor slipped a measure into the session-end bill package to allow himself to solemnize weddings.
The state pushes into renewable energy, but sudden swings in output pose special challenges.
The New Jersey governor’s bit is far less ambitious than anyone could have predicted a year ago. That also makes him an unpredictable force in the GOP presidential primary.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton stated that county clerks, judges and justices of peace could deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples for religious reasons,
Nikki Haley first ran for governor as a state lawmaker waving the tea party banner, but she was also subjected to ethnic slurs from her own GOP.
The implications are serious for Americans outside Puerto Rico largely because many hold island bonds in mutual funds.
New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board, which voted for its lowest-ever rent increases last year, is considering freezing rents for the next year. The board has never before voted for no increases.
While recreational marijuana use is legal in Washington State, Colorado and elsewhere, federal prohibitions remain rigid.