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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 the beverage industry spent lobbying against a soda tax in Berkeley, Calif., for every vote cast against the initiative. Despite their efforts, voters approved the tax.
Tweet from the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used the band's song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" for his entrance music at the Iowa Freedom Summit. The band has a history of supporting working class and union causes.
33%
The decline in average milk consumption in the U.S. between 1970 and 2012.
Amount spent by the Texas Department of Transportation to reimburse employees for education costs between 2002 and 2015, which is roughly half of the total employee education reimbursement expenses for the entire state.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, indicating that the federal government may need to grant Michigan more than 100 waivers in order for his administration to redesign some 145 different state social services programs.
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting about energy efficiency and infrastructure improvements.
The Missouri governor promised to work with both parties in his Nixon's seventh annual State of the State address.
Last week, around 700,000 tickets were sold, making the bacon lottery the best selling $1 ticket.