Tennessee in 2026 celebrates 230 years of statehood, a journey that began with the failed State of Franklin in 1784.

Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the featured speaker at the Statehood Day celebration hosted by the Washington County ...

WETA has added the D.C. statehood documentary “51st State” to its District Docs collection, now streaming on WETA+.

As the votes are still being counted, there are celebrations across the District.

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. While it remains unclear how Biden’s legislative ...

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Washington, D.C., should be a state. It’s in the United States, as are the over 700,000 people living there who currently have no — read: zero — voting representation in Congress. This should be ...

With one move, Democrats could reshape government and potentially lock in their majority in the Senate for years to come. Four of their own stand in the way. The party may have just a few months to ...

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s leaked chats may have led to calls for his ouster and inspired mass protests in San Juan in recent days, but his signature issue remains popular despite recent ...