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Ahead of the first D.C. statehood hearing in decades in the House of Representatives, we’ve got answers to all the questions you were afraid to ask about the District’s bid to become the 51st state.

So you’re ready to plant some perennials or shrubs in your yard or maybe have some empty pots on the balcony, but you don’t know where to start. No worries. There are a variety of native flora that will not only be suitable for your space…

District leaders will advocate for equal voting rights and full representation

More extreme thunderstorms and hurricanes. Entire summers of “heat emergency” days. Regular flooding along the Potomac River and Anacostia River, as well as inland neighborhoods, where storm drains are overwhelmed by rain.

Wyoming has two senators and over 1.3 million cattle. DC has no senators, three cows and many more people. How is this fair? It's time for statehood.

In 1788, two years before Washington, D.C. became the seat of the nation’s government, James Madison wrote that the future inhabitants in the yet-to-be-chosen federal district should have a “voice in the election of the government which is…

Happy Wednesday. DC Council members signaled they support drastic cutbacks on vaping, introducing bills with widespread support yesterday to ban the distribution of flavored electric cigarette products and restrict where products can be…

The Trump administration will come to regret its decision to rule out a development site east of the Anacostia River from the competition for a new Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters, a top official for D.C. Mayor Muriel…

The Washington Monument is set to reopen Thursday with a repaired elevator and a new security screening center after a three-year closure.

Keya Chatterjee was sick of paying $300 a month in electricity bills. After three years of arguing with Pepco, D.C.’s electric utility, about how on earth her small household could be consuming so much power (all to no avail), she made a…

New legislation would ensure the program doesn’t lapse at the end of next year

D.C. police seized a semiautomatic handgun and a rifle from a man earlier this month, using for the first time a new law that allows authorities to temporarily seize firearms from people believed to be dangerous.

It’s the place where people have come to remember an astronaut, a civil rights activist and a world leader.

The events being staged this week by D.C. officials ahead of Thursday’s House hearing on D.C. statehood are part of a campaign to raise awareness about the injustice of D.C. disenfranchisement. But the key to making this week’s historic…

As The Parks at Walter Reed development continues to gain momentum, the development team is returning to the Historic Preservation Office with modified concepts for the project's main plaza.

The timing of David Krucoff’s announcement that he is running for D.C. delegate is not coincidental.

America’s best-known obelisk reopens to the public on Thursday after more than three years of construction on a new security facility and renovations to its elevator system.

The city is holding its yearly PARK(ing) Day, a public space event