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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.)

The statistical probability of Boston having a 30-day stretch of winter like this one.
In 1881, when the gunman died, the Territory of New Mexico didn't issue death certificates.
Sen. Bill Ketron's legislation would allow underage college students to taste beer they make in a brewing course. The students would be required to spit the beer out.
Alaska's law legalizing recreational marijuana use went into effect Tuesday. While the law outlines conduct surrounding personal use, what commercialization will look like is left up to the state to figure out.
The Arkansas governor has approved to require a doctor to be physically present when an abortion-inducing drug such as RU-486 is administered,
Facebook post on the page of the Crewe (Va.) Police Department, which recently responded to a call from a discount store that found drug paraphernalia in one of its aisles. Across the nation, social media has become a tool for police to catch criminals.
Paul Cassell, a former federal judge, who because of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, sentenced a man to prison for 55 years with no chance of parole for multiple nonviolent drug deals involving marijuana. According to Cassell, the man would have only gotten 20 years on terrorism charges.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson proposed spending $33 million over the next two years to add more beds and expand alternative sentencing programs.
Sheila Irani was served with a lawsuit in the middle of a debate.
Virginia Del. David Albo, who sponsored a bill that supporters say would alter the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in an effort to offer better prices, selection and store choice.