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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.)

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New York State Will Allow Teachers to Discuss Standardized Tests (a Little Bit)
Teachers who score the third through eighth grade standardized state exams have been required in recent years to sign confidentiality agreements barring them from discussing test questions, answers or other materials. As part of a sprawling bill approved at the end of the legislative session last week, legislators took a step toward loosening the restriction.
June 29, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
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Maine's GOP Governor Can't Even Get Along With GOP Legislators
Paul LePage was elected to a second term in November, but his style and actions have generated bipartisan opposition in the Legislature.
June 29, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
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California Lawmakers Pass Some of Nation's Strictest Vaccine Requirements
A controversial proposal that would make California one of the strictest states in the country in requiring school vaccinations passed a critical vote Thursday, moving the bill one step closer to landing on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.
June 25, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
Who Said That
The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is affirmed.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, delivering the opinion of the court in King v. Burwell, and holding that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal marketplaces.
June 25, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
Who Said That
Of course, we have more to offer here on the skyline anyway, they don't have a river view like we do, so it was a good choice on their part.
Rochester, N.Y., native Jim McLaughlin, who finished the Syracuse Ironman triathlon on Sunday and received a medal for his efforts. The medal, however, featured the Rochester skyline and the iconic Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge over the Genesee River, which runs through Rochester. Syracuse race organizers are still trying to determine how their medals came to feature images of the wrong city.
June 24, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
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Why Recycling Doesn't Make Money Anymore
Recycling used to generate profit. But now no-sort recycling means almost every processing facility in the country is running in the red. More than 2,000 municipalities have to pay to get rid of their recyclables.
June 24, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
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Alabama Removes Confederate Flag From Capitol
Gov. Robert Bentley calls the flag "a major distraction" as the state confronts serious budget problems.
June 24, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
News in Numbers
7
Number of states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee -- that retain elements of the Confederate flag in their state flags.
June 24, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
News in Numbers
$2.21
The average hourly wage for disabled people working in Rhode Island’s sheltered workshops, which are funded largely through Medicaid as “prevocational training.”
June 23, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
Who Said That
In today’s GOP, it only takes one or two compromises on hot-button issues such as taxes or social issues to produce a primary challenge.
Larry Sabato, professor of government at the University of Virginia.
June 23, 2015
 · Daniel Luzer
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