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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.)

Jerry Brown signed a measure that would create entities similar to redevelopment agencies to fund affordable housing, hazardous waste cleanup and other projects in disadvantaged communities.
Gov. Steve Bullock will hire 33 frontline staff members at child advocacy centers to reduce their caseload, as well as improve evaluations and training to improve the system.
In making his decision, Gov. Paul LePage cited tensions between the Legislature and the executive branch, and said he won’t even consider naming possible replacements until January.
The Federation of Tax Administrators gave Lynn Bartolo, acting deputy director at the Board of Equalization, its Charles Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.
School-construction groups have collected enough signatures to place a $9 billion bond on the November 2016 ballot.
With his prospects and funds dwindling, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dropped out of the race for president Monday, saying he wanted to clear the way for a conservative optimist to take down real estate mogul Donald Trump.
Gary McCollum of Virginia Beach said that he is "currently a major in the Army Reserve" despite being discharged in 2001.
Lots of folks who used Sacramento city government titles and worked out of City Hall while doing Johnson’s dirty work in the NCBM fiasco were not employed by the city government. They were instead charter school advocates, funded by charter school ideologues, who kept their true allegiances and mission hidden.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery says state law requires lawmakers' approval before the state may use any public funds, even if those funds are provided by the federal government.
With the bill now on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, the church’s ability to affect the outcome of legislation is again being put to the test.