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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.)

Amount of contaminated sediment, in cubic yards, that General Electric expects to finish removing from the bottom of the Hudson River. That's enough to fill the Empire State building -- twice.
Kanchan Sigh, owner of Crumbs and Whiskers, Washington, D.C.'s first "cat cafe," where patrons pay to pet cats by the hour.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission works to address climate change. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection mostly ignores it. Only one of the agencies answers to the governor.
The higher costs paid by state workers could fall to taxpayers.
John Trujillo, director of the public works department in Phoenix, which has attracted the interest of companies like Coca-Cola and Walmart with its new sustainability efforts to divert trash from landfills.
Beaver Dam, Wis., resident Diana Moyer, referring to the City Council's unanimous decision to define a service animal as a dog or a miniature horse -- but not a kangaroo. Moyer brought Jimmy, her baby kangaroo that she says is a therapy animal, into a McDonald's in February, prompting the city to make the change.
William Holland has a reputation for fairness and nonpartisanship as the state’s auditor general over nearly a quarter-century.
State lawmakers grieved Thursday for slain state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, whose booming voice was silenced Wednesday night by a gunman at the Charleston minister's church.
Portion of Wisconsin doctors who fail to meet the state's requirement of 30 hours of continuing medical education every two years, which is the nation's lowest requirement.
Portion of residents in Spokane, Wash., who are black. The head of the city's NAACP chapter resigned Monday amid allegations of lying about her race.