Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular column to contribute to the civics education of American citizens.

The District’s residents do deserve better representation, but that does not mean that the District should become our 51st state, as proposed in the Washington, D.C. Admissions Act of 2020.

An 1898 map of the District of Columbia. Though it's difficult to imagine, Washington, D.C., wasn't always the capital of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, the 13 Colonies didn't really ...

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on whether or not to make Washington, D.C. a state. The District of Columbia is home to 700,000 residents who pay federal taxes but don't have any ...

District of Columbia statehood has long been out of reach. Proponents hope Democratic control of the federal government and the security issues raised over the past week could change that.

Nearly $7 billion was slated for such things as after-school care, summer programs, teaching English to non-native speakers, ...

The Trump administration is fighting back against a court order blocking the Department of Health and Human Services from ...

The Senate is currently considering S. 1257, the "District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007," which would grant the District of Columbia a full representative in Congress and provide an ...

Other proposals have included a retrocession of most, or all, of the District to Maryland--a plan that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in 1964 deemed impractical and unconstitutional--and the ...

The District of Columbia (D.C.) is a district and not a state, giving it a unique status in the United States. D.C. residents lack voting representation in Congress, they can’t participate in ...

The person credited with designing the flag, Charles A.R. Dunn, later wrote that it felt natural that the Washington coat of arms be the inspiration for the District of Columbia flag.

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