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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.)

Texas Public Policy Foundation Vice President Chuck DeVore, arguing in favor of spending state surplus money on infrastructure, because it is easier to stop when the state’s finances take a downturn.
Estimated number of injuries involving Halloween decorations nationwide in 2013.
Montgomery County (Md.) Councilmember George Leventhal, criticizing the hiring of an outside law firm to investigate how members of the county's board of education used their district-issued credit cards.
Age of Bronx resident Luz Pabellon, according to city Board of Elections records. Pabellon, who is actually only 73 years old, wrote “18 +” as her date of birth on her manual voter registration card, and when files were converted to an electronic database, “01/01/1850” was plugged in for those with unknown birth dates.
Amount that Texas collects in taxes and fees from undocumented workers each year.
Taxes and fees that Colorado has collected from legalizing marijuana.
For $20 million, American Electric Power bought a town and a clear conscience.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, in 2012, announcing a budget that would have dramatically altered spending on social services for the poor in America. Ryan subsequently proposed giving states the option of combining up to 11 federal grant programs, including food stamps, welfare and housing aid, into a single block grant.
Value of 77,000 automated citations issued in Chicago after the city started ticketing people for running red lights where yellow lights were under the 3-second minimum. After facing questions from the press, the city ended the new policy.
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Hours that Lenoir City, Tenn., made a resident spend in jail this week for failure to properly maintain her yard. The woman ignored multiple orders to clean her property over the last decade.