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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 taxpayer dollars New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent on concessions at NFL games.
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Number of law enforcement officers feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2014. That's up from 27 deaths in 2013, which was the lowest in decades.
Alaska's population drop from 2013 to 2014, which represents the state's first decline since the late 1980s when a recession drove tens of thousands away.
An excerpt from the Illinois Supreme Court's unanimous ruling last week that struck down the state's pension reform law. The court concluded it violated a provision in the Illinois constitution that bars the diminishing of public worker retirement benefits.
The governor of California last week announced major changes to his plan to build two tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the south. The administration, while moving forward with a $15 billion conveyance, dramatically reduced the amount of habitat restoration originally proposed.
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Number of states where it's still legal to text while driving. They are Arizona, Montana, Texas and Missouri.
Portland has a vegetarian pedigree that stretches back to the late 1800s, when members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, who adhere to strict health and dietary rules, began to settle there.
A joint letter from congressional members of Virginia and Washington, D.C., urging federal lawmakers not to tinker with operations at National Airport as it tries to increase business at nearby Dulles International Airport. Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bills in recent years have caused an increase in congestion at National at the expense of Dulles.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, announcing his Republican presidential bid last Tuesday. The joke appeared to be a violation of campaign finance law because the maximum amount federal candidates can solicit for their campaigns or a supportive super PAC is $5,000.
Michigan Gov. Rick Synder, when asked about the 2016 presidential race. He also said that there's "a broken political culture in Washington" and "what we need is a problem solver.”