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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.)

A message on the Ithaca-Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau's website earlier this week. After several days of below zero temperatures, the regional New York bureau urged potential visitors to go to another city 1,500 miles away and "come back when things thaw out."
The state's Housing First program tries a novel approach: just give chronically homeless people a place to live, on a permanent basis, without making them pass any tests or attend any programs or fill out any forms.
How one fed-up California artists fixed an awful highway sign himself, and why the state left his work up for eight years.
30%
Portion of California inmates killed while in prison, since 2007, who were male sex offenders. This is double the national prison homicide rate.
Washington, D.C. Councilmember David Grosso, expressing concern over the District's lack of marijuana regulations. The drug becomes legal Feb. 26, but Congress prevented the District from establishing rules about selling, buying and taxing it.
Amount the Washington Monument has sunk since its 1885 dedication.
Another state considers allowing terminally ill people to try drugs not approved by the FDA.
Gov. Doug Ducey says abortion opponents need to get involved with the have 16,900 children that wards of the state.
Legislators unveiled a 30-year plan Tuesday that they said could be covered by borrowing money through general obligation bonds, avoiding tolls or tax increases.
Amount lawyers have billed North Carolina for their efforts to appeal federal court rulings that have legalized gay marriage in the state.