William Lutz is the Managing Editor for The Lone Star Report, having been a regular contributor to the publication since May, 1998. Lutz has covered many policy issues for LSR, with a particular focus on public education, school finance, insurance, and regulatory issues. He authored LSR's May 2002 special issue on the Texas public school finance system. He regularly appears as a guest on WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics and his opinion columns have appeared in several Texas newspapers.
In 1997, Lutz received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington where he majored in economics. He also holds a certificate in Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies. While at UW, Lutz served first as opinion editor -- and later, news editor -- of The Daily of the University of Washington. Lutz is a second-generation Longhorn, earning his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Texas-Austin in 1994. He is a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, where his parents still reside.