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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.)

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner refuses to collect “fair share” fees from public employees because he expects them to be found unconstitutional.
Jeremy Trentelman of Odgen, Utah, who built a cardboard fort for his children in his front yard, only to get a note from the city demanding that he remove the structure within 15 days or pay a $125 fine.
Missouri state Rep. Gina Mitten, on state House Speaker John Diehl who recently apologized and sought forgiveness for exchanging sexually charged messages with a 19-year-old intern in the state Capitol.
84%
Portion of Louisiana residents who identify as Christian, which is the highest rate of any state in the nation.
His war against Florida fast trains shows his governing style.
Mary Fran Riley, the vice president of external affairs for the Chicago office of Accion, a lender, on the rise of predatory loans to small businesses.
The Legislature opposes public health benefits, including Medicaid, but a vast majority of members have government-subsidized state plans among the most generous in the nation.
The New Jersey governor vetoed a bill that would have required the state to put most of its money from a pollution settlement with Exxon Mobil Corp. toward environmental cleanups.
Amount Tennessee has spent on health insurance premiums for state lawmakers since 2008.
11
Number of "minor" accidents in which Google's fleet of self-driving cars have so far been involved.