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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.)

Jane Knechtel of Portland, Ore.'s In Other Words feminist community center, which is used to film scenes at the fictional "Women and Women First," a judgmental and humorless retail establishment on IFC comedy series "Portlandia." In Other Words may have to close in February without an infusion of cash.
The new wage rules apply to people working directly or indirectly for taxpayers.
Gov. Rick Scott has hired a California law firm to fight a subpoena over Gmail accounts.
Percent of U.S. public school students who are white. This fall is the first time minorities outnumber whites since the U.S. Department of Education has been tracking the trend.
25
Number of bills each New Jersey state senator would be allowed to sponsor under legislation proposed by State Assemblyman Anthony Bucco who wants to crack down on "silly" bills that have little chance of passage.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, on his state's legalization of recreational marijuana, during a gubernatorial debate.
San Jose, Calif., Mayor Chuck Reed, on how his state legislators promised expensive retirement benefits (and early retirement ages) to state employees without addressing possible adverse consequences.
Amount for which a New Yorker is suing Bike and Roll DC over an injury that resulted when her Segway reversed and spun violently. The woman argues the company's safety video failed to adequately prepare her because it didn't mention that "these machines, can randomly just go rogue.”
3
Percent of bike-share users in Washington, D.C., which has the nation's largest such program, who are black.
1/4
Proportion of 1989 state and parish officials in Louisiana who had a relative in another office in the state.