Alan Blinder covers Washington, D.C., government for The Washington Examiner. He previously covered business and state government for a newspaper in Louisiana. He also interned for the Houston Chronicle and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News and worked as a stringer for The Associated Press. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama.
By Alan Blinder | 06/13/13 05:00 PM
A business associate of Jeffrey Thompson, the city contractor and political donor who is the subject of a sprawling corruption investigation, has been charged with breaking federal campaign finance laws. In a court filing released Thursday, federal prosecutors charged Lee Calhoun, who worked...
By Alan Blinder | 06/13/13 04:35 PM
Two more employees of the District's chief financial officer have been implicated in a long-running probe into misconduct tied to the fraudulent use of disabled parking permits. D.C. Inspector General Charles Willoughby, in a confidential report obtained by The Washington Examiner, said that...
By Alan Blinder | 06/11/13 05:45 PM
The name "Jeffrey Thompson" has never publicly passed through the lips of U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. But in a court filing and during a rare news conference this week, Machen left little doubt that Thompson, a longtime D.C. government contractor and political donor, and others suspected...
By Alan Blinder | 06/10/13 09:35 PM
Former D.C. Councilman Michael Brown, once among the most influential figures in District politics and a man many believed possessed the raw political talent to ascend to the mayoralty, pleaded guilty on Monday to accepting $55,000 in bribes during an FBI sting operation. "How do you wish to...
By Alan Blinder | 06/09/13 09:00 PM
The D.C. Council believed it had found its groove again. Publicly and privately, legislators said the Wilson Building, once rife with speculation about looming indictments and the threat of raids, appeared to have relaxed after going a year without a lawmaker facing criminal charges. "The...
By Alan Blinder | 06/07/13 03:35 PM
Federal prosecutors on Friday charged former D.C. Councilman Michael Brown with one count of bribery, ending months of silence about long-running probes of corruption in District politics and triggering speculation about where the investigations will ultimately lead. U.S. Attorney Ronald...
By Alan Blinder | 06/06/13 11:50 PM
Former D.C. Councilman Michael Brown, whose engaging style and roots in one of Washington's most powerful political families propelled him to the highest levels of municipal government, will plead guilty to a federal bribery charge in the aftermath of an FBI sting operation, a federal law...
By Alan Blinder | 06/05/13 08:55 PM
When District lawmakers arrived for work on a steamy Wednesday last year, the John A. Wilson Building's rumor mill was churning with persistent speculation that June 6, 2012, would be Kwame Brown's final day as D.C. Council chairman. Now, a year removed from Brown's abrupt resignation after...
By Alan Blinder | 06/04/13 06:00 PM
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has in recent months sharply reduced vacancies on government boards and commissions, but hundreds of open slots still remain, and a much-touted plan to trim the number of city panels will not be the ultimate antidote for the staffing woes. A Washington Examiner analysis...
By Alan Blinder | 06/03/13 06:30 PM
The District government, in a broadening of its efforts to promote its condom-distribution program, will debut a television advertising campaign Tuesday that public health officials hope will resonate with young residents and help to combat sexually transmitted diseases. "When you go and watch...
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