Politics

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), a nonvoting delegate in the Congress, has again introduced a bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. This is Norton’s first bill of the 116th Congress.

D.C. residents have been unable to get marriage licenses as the Marriage Bureau, which is part of the District's court system, has been closed because of the partial government shutdown that began on December 22.

As the stalemate continues over the reopening of federal government, restaurants in Washington, D.C. are offering discounted meals and drinks to government employees whose incomes have been disrupted by the shutdown.

D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA) in partnership with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT) will be hosting an "Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings Training" for D.C. businesses and security personnel on January 30, at 2720 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue, Southeast D.C. 

Washington can soon become the first state to permit human composting, which is considered more environment-friendly than burials or cremation that releases earth-warming carbon dioxide.

Starting the New Year, D.C.Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted an Interfaith Prayer Service with the Mayor’s Interfaith Council in honor of her swearing-in at Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church on Wednesday.

In a letter sent to Donald Trump, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has urged the President to end the partial government shutdown due to which thousands of federal workers are affected in Washington.

A 22-page report “LIVE.LONG.DC” that details the strategic plans to reduce opioid-related deaths by 2020 in Washington, D.C. was released by the city on December 24, a week after the Washington Post reported that the city didn’t respond in time to the opioid crisis.