2021

Washington — Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware, joined by a group of more than three dozen fellow Democrats, has introduced a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, continuing the years-long campaign to grant statehood to…

Any time the D.C. Council wants to pass a bill into law, it’s required to get an independent assessment of how much the bill would cost and whether the city has the money to pay for it. But now, lawmakers are getting a second look at their…

A new generation of savvy activists. A new political calculus among leading Democrats. Maybe, just maybe, it could actually happen.

The most important liberal advocacy organizations—and a broader swath of the public—are pushing to make the District of Columbia the fifty-first state.

Greater Washington colleges and universities are slated to receive about $273 million from the stimulus package approved in December, significantly more than in the earlier Covid relief package thanks to differences in how the funding was…

The District and other local governments in the Washington region tweaked their plans Wednesday to vaccinate seniors, people with high-risk conditions, teachers and other essential workers as residents scramble to find scarce doses of the…

The legislation also encourages grocers to open stores east of the river by using liquor sales as an incentive.

To understand the impact of the pandemic, look no further than the latest D.C. Auditor report.

The Biden administration has pledged to up D.C.’s COVID-19 vaccine allotment by 15% over the next three weeks, partially answering the city’s ongoing pleas for more doses.

The center of D.C.’s first documented outbreak of the coronavirus last spring was a church in Georgetown, in wealthy and majority-white Ward 2. But once the virus started spreading rapidly across the city, its devastating effects fell…

A bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state was introduced to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, marking another incremental victory for local statehood advocates.

The annual March for Life is taking place virtually this year due to the pandemic and heightened security around the Capitol following the Jan. 6 insurrection. While organizers are telling participants to stay home for the event, they are…

It was 2002, and Korina Adkins was moving to Phoenix from Washington for a new job. Her friends knew she loved D.C., so they gave her an old photo album full of old pictures evocative of the District.

Train riders can now call, scroll Instagram and watch Netflix throughout the entire underground network of Metro tunnels.

It’s not exactly New Orleans, but it’s getting close.

A new apartment building is being planned in Mount Vernon Triangle with an interesting amenity.

Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee, III told members of Congress on Tuesday that more than 850 of the department’s officers responded to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, costing city taxpayers at least $8.8 million —…