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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.)

The Arlington County Board just approved a measure increasing penalties for public intoxication and profane language by $150.
The governor's new budget has generated intense opposition from water agencies and local government groups.
The football field's worth of books had been collecting in the basement for a decade.
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., resident Steve Yuhas, who thinks the high property taxes that people pay in his wealthy community (where the median income is $189,000) entitles them to use as much water as they want despite the state's drought. On July 1, for the first time ever, the town will be subject to water rationing.
Amount Montgomery County, Pa., will spend to replace 26 signs that spelled the word "commissioners" with only one "m.''
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, referring to his 2014 fight for Medicaid expansion, which the legislature opposed.
Estimated total value of the metal particles in U.S. sewage.
Amount New York City has spent removing wet wipes from its sewer system since 2010.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, referring to Richard Matt and David Sweat who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., on June 6.
Vermont state Rep. Chris Pearson, a Progressive, on the impact of Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin abandoning his quest to enact a single-payer health care system. Shumlin announced earlier this week that he won't run for re-election.