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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.)

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Number of men in the Maryland General Assembly who joined the Women Legislators of Maryland this year. They're the first male lawmakers in the country to serve on a state legislative women's caucus.
Slogans shouted at Washington, D.C.'s annual pillow fight on April 4. The event, organized by an improv comedy group, took place on the National Mall.
Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act prompted a major backlash from demonstrators and others.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday had been expected to sign his state's version of legislation billed as a religious freedom measure, despite complaints that it could lead to discrimination, especially against gays and lesbians.
The popularity has craft breweries bumping up against the country's longstanding system that governs the beer industry. In many states, microbreweries can serve their beer at their locations and brewpubs, but lose that ability when they exceed production caps.
44%
Portion of people in Washington, D.C., who refer to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as "National." Many in the area, especially Democrats, still refuse to call it "Reagan."
A bill amending the state budget unveiled in the session's final hours authorized the transfer from the health insurance fund to government's "rainy day" fund where it will allow the state to pay for appropriations made this session.
Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill Monday the would have kept the names of policemen in serious or deadly shootings from the public.
Meteorologist Brian Brettschneider, who produced a list of America's dreariest cities using a formula that takes into account annual precipitation, number of days with precipitation and cloudiness. Buffalo, Seattle, Portland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati top the list.
Alan Doubleday, chief of the Prince George's County, Md., Fire Department, which has been using an abandoned mall for training exercises before the building gets razed later this year.