SALT LAKE CITY — Utah marked 130 years of statehood on Sunday, commemorating a hard-fought journey that took nearly five decades and seven attempts before the territory finally achieved statehood on ...

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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 ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Unless you work in a state office, have kids in public school, or perhaps scored free street parking, you may not have known Friday was an official holiday in Hawaii ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The city’s latest push to make the District of Columbia the 51st state is a charm offensive, with tax dollars being spent on everything from mobile apps to M&M’s to try and build ...

The Democratic-led House on Friday for the first time passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. While it's not expected to any further -- with Republicans controlling the Senate ...

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 ...

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Two months to the day after the House of Representatives passed the bill that would make D.C. the 51st state, the legislation moved into a Senate committee for the second time in history. The nearly ...