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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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  • Assailant at large after D.C. shooting wounds one

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    A man was wounded Saturday evening in Southeast D.C. after an unidentified assailant brandished a revolver and opened fire. A police spokesman said that the victim, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital. The authorities are searching for a black male in connection with the incident....

  • Seven injured in Virginia Beach violence

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    An overnight spate of violence in Virginia Beach left seven people hospitalized with gunshot and knife wounds. The Virginian-Pilot reported that the first incident -- a shooting -- took place at 11:23 p.m. on Saturday and that the violence ended with another shootout at 3:13 a.m. All of the...

  • Mayor Vincent Gray warns D.C. can't handle Boston-like attack

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has warned key lawmakers that the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's staffing protocols are leaving the District at risk in the event of a Boston-style attack against the city. "The existing shift structure permits many personnel to commute...

  • D.C. accuses two more workers in parking scheme

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    The D.C. government employee had noticed a trend near his office in Southwest Washington: The meter maids who patrolled the area were aggressive, ready to issue parking tickets with abandon. But District government investigators said he didn't set his watch to go drop more quarters into the...

  • D.C. plans expansion of Circulator system

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    The D.C. Circulator is adding service to the National Mall, but it will be at least October 2014 before passengers will be able to take advantage of the new route. "I am excited to announce the expansion of the Circulator bus service to provide residents and visitors with greater access to the...

  • Off-duty cop killed in Anne Arundel County crash

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    A Saturday morning crashed killed an off-duty Bladensburg police officer who was a nine-year veteran of the force. Authorities said that Brian Johnson was driving in Anne Arundel County when he crossed the center median of Route 100 and slammed into an oncoming vehicle. Doctors at a Glen...

  • D.C. City Hall to fly Boston's flag

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    The District said on Friday that D.C. officials have agreed to raise Boston's flag over the John A. Wilson Building throughout the weekend as a gesture of support less than two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced on Twitter that the District would fly...

  • Florida congressman compares D.C. government to teenagers

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    A Florida congressman angered District leaders on Thursday when he equated the city's push for expanded authority to control its own budget to the pleas of his children when they were teenagers seeking greater leverage. "When my kids were young -- teenagers -- they wanted budget autonomy,...

  • D.C. vows to help resolve millions in unpaid health claims

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray vowed on Thursday to provide "relief" to physicians and hospitals who may go unpaid after one of the city's most prominent managed care organizations acknowledged that it did not have the money to make good on millions of dollars in claims. "In the light of the...

  • FCC urged to reduce phone costs for prison inmates

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    A congressional coalition urged the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to heed a D.C. woman's request to reduce the cost of telephone calls by inmates throughout the United States. "The burden is excessively put on those who can least afford it," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton,...


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