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Alan Blinder

Staff Reporter, D.C. City Hall

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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.

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  • Cheh, Graham: D.C. should end homelessness within a decade

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Two District lawmakers are asking members of the D.C. Council to set a goal of ending homelessness in the city within 10 years. "In a growing, thriving city like ours, there is no excuse for allowing individuals, families and children to live on the street, in a car, or without a home. We are...

  • Appeals court denies Jeffrey Thompson's bid for another hearing

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    A federal appeals court has denied embattled businessman Jeffrey Thompson's request to reconsider his argument that prosecutors investigating political corruption in the District should not be able to review records seized from his home and offices last year. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

  • Mendelson: No more discipline for Vincent Orange

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that at-large Councilman Vincent Orange, who received an admonition from the city's ethics board last week, will not face additional discipline from the council itself. "Not every action by the [ethics] board should require a council action,"...

  • District poised to spend $35,000 to answer SEC probe

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    The District is poised to spend at least $35,000 to respond to a "confidential, informal inquiry" from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which opened a probe in October into disclosures surrounding sales of the city's municipal bonds. According to billing records obtained by The...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Scholarship winner Daijon Rice

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Rice, a senior at Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School, recently earned a $2,500 scholarship after participating in a Pepco-sponsored leadership development program. She'll start her college education at Bowie State later this year. What did you learn from the program? It...

  • D.C. cops union seeks deal with ethics board

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    The D.C. Police Union is trying to strike a deal with the District's ethics board that would give police officers additional protections and rights if they come under scrutiny from the new panel. "You do have employees who are members of bargaining units, and different rules apply to them than...

  • Ethics board sanctions Orange for misconduct

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    In its first public sanctioning of a District lawmaker, the city's ethics board admonished D.C. Councilman Vincent Orange on Thursday for intervening when health regulators tried to close a rat-infested warehouse owned by a campaign contributor. "His intention was to provide good constituent...

  • THE 3-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Retired astronaut Frank Culbertson

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    Culbertson, a retired astronaut who was the only American not on the planet on Sept. 11, 2001, is co-chairman of Saturday's Chantilly Day Festival at the Sully Place Shopping Center on Metrotech Drive. He lives in the area. Why is this event so important? It's important for people in the...

  • 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...


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