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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.)

Number of Texas high school seniors who failed to pass all of the state’s graduation tests but will get their diplomas anyway because of a new law that lets students fail two of the five exams.
Approximate amount Tennessee wrongly paid out in unemployment claims -- to prisoners, dead people and state employees, among others -- over the past six years.
Six months after its president announced that its football program would be eliminated to save money, UAB is set to bring it back.
Gov. Sam Brownback said his plan to exempt the lowest-wage earners from the income tax and raise the sales tax would close the current $400 million budget deficit and leave a reserve of about $75 million for 2016.
2/3
Estimated portion of Alabama residents who celebrate Jefferson Davis Day, a state holiday that occurs the first Monday in June every year. State offices were closed to honor the president of the Confederate States of America.
The number of names Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe reportedly had in his Rolodex in 2012.
90%
Estimated portion of ivory sold in Los Angeles that's illegal under California law.
Rushern Baker, county executive of Prince George's County, Md., after lawmakers rejected his pleas to increase property taxes enough to generate $133 million more for public schools. Lawmakers instead increased property taxes enough to generate just $34 million more for public schools and will also give some other extra tax revenue to parks and planning.
Martin O'Malley, the former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore, who launched a long-shot bid for the presidency this weekend. O'Malley mentioned in the speech that the chief executive of Goldman Sachs recently told his workers that he would be okay if either Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton succeeded Obama.
State lawmakers propose funding police body cameras with a $5 fee on traffic tickets.