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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.)

Taser International is covering airfare and hotel stays for police chiefs who speak at promotional conferences. It is also hiring recently retired chiefs as consultants, sometimes just months after their cities signed contracts with Taser.
Julie Zito, a professor of pharmacy and psychiatry at the University of Maryland, on the increasing number of low-income and foster children prescribed antipsychotics in America.
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Number of "special conservators of the peace" in Virginia, private citizens who have petitioned courts for the authority to carry guns, display badges and make arrests. The number of SCOPs has doubled in the state over the past decade.
Maine state Sen. Eric Brakey, who sponsored a bill to let adults opt out of wearing seat belts. Last Friday's debate on the legislation occurred two days after the biggest car crash in state history.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, on how he changed his mind about immigration policy once he started exploring a run for president. Walker had previously indicated that he believed immigrants currently in the U.S. illegally could stay if they paid certain penalties.
Units of retail edible marijuana products sold in Colorado since the state legalized the substance last year.
The anticipated average increase in insurance premiums sold on the federal exchange if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against Obamacare in King v. Burwell and eliminates subsidies for people in 37 states.
Ratio of annual opioid-painkiller prescriptions in Alabama to people in the state.
Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, calling for an overhaul of the city's six-year plan to renovate schools. The cost of construction has increased 30 percent, limiting the number of projects the district can take on in a given year.
Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C., which let marijuana become legal this week despite threats from U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to jail city officials if they let legalization move forward.