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Alan Blinder

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Alan Blinder covers Washington, D.C. government for The Washington Examiner, which he joined in January 2012. Prior to moving to the Washington, D.C. area, Blinder 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.

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  • Congressional vote for D.C. backed by Hawaii Legislature

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    It probably won't move Congress, but the Hawaii Legislature has declared it wants the District to have a vote on Capitol Hill. "Members of the 113th United States Congress are urged to enact federal legislation or propose a constitutional amendment granting full voting rights to residents of...

  • Mayor Vincent Gray seeks driver's licenses for D.C. illegal immigrants

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

    In a move that his administration is already declaring "trailblazing," D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray will propose on Thursday allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and identification cards. "If the mayor's bill becomes law, all eligible residents -- documented or not -- will have...

  • Obama signs bill allowing interim District CFO

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    President Obama has signed into a law a plan that would allow the District to have an interim chief financial officer, the White House said on Wednesday. The measure that Obama approved allows the D.C. mayor to name an interim fiscal steward if a CFO dies, resigns or is incapacitated. The...

  • D.C. urged to reschedule election set for April Fools' Day

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    The joke might be over: The D.C. Council on Tuesday took up a proposal that would change the dates of the city's primary elections, including the 2014 contest scheduled for April Fools' Day. D.C. law currently requires the District to stage its party primaries on the first Tuesday in April,...

  • D.C. Council considers changing April Fools' Day primary

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    The D.C. Council on Tuesday took up a proposal that would change the dates of the city's primary elections, including the 2014 contest scheduled for April Fools' Day. D.C. law currently requires the District to stage its party primaries on the first Tuesday in April, but some lawmakers are...

  • Del. Norton opens new congressional office in D.C.

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton opened a new office in the District. Norton's new digs, located at 90 K St. Northeast in Suite 100, opened Tuesday morning, days after she closed her office in the National Press Building. Norton's office said she changed locations to comply with requirements...

  • Councilman urges District to allow online voter registration

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    A D.C. councilman urged the District on Tuesday to modernize its election laws and introduced legislation that would allow residents to register to vote over the internet. "While the District has made great strides in recent years by adding same-day voter registration and early voting centers,...

  • Despite worries, Mayor Vincent Gray administration says D.C. ready for attack

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    One week after D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray told lawmakers that the scheduling policies of the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department could make it difficult for "desperately needed" rescue workers to get into the District during a catastrophe, city officials scrambled Monday to reassure...

  • Montgomery County woman accused of offering daughter for sex

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    A Montgomery County mother is facing nearly a dozen charges after authorities said she offered a Gaithersburg man sex with her daughter to settle a $5,000 debt. Maryland prosecutors say that the woman, whose name The Washington Examiner is not reporting because it could be used to identify the...

  • Police Blotter for April 29

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    MoCo woman offers sex with daughter to pay debts A Montgomery County mother is facing nearly a dozen charges after authorities said she offered a Gaithersburg man sex with her daughter to settle a $5,000 debt. Maryland prosecutors say that the woman, whose name The Washington Examiner is not...


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