Unlike Canadians, Puerto Ricans actually want to become a state. They are eager to gain the full rights and responsibilities ...

Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia.

The 51st-state idea is embraced by those who live ... But detractors contend that the District of Columbia was never meant to be a state. They view the push as an “unconstitutional power grab ...

Whatever the answer, I hope he will also consider a jurisdiction closer to home: the District of Columbia. Unlike Canada and Greenland, residents of the Washington want it to become a state.

Trump's talk of adding Canada as the 51st state comes as Republicans have long vehemently opposed adding Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as states even as people in both are already U.S ...

(The Center Square) – Forty-one Democratic senators have introduced legislation establishing statehood for the District of Columbia ... pursuit of creating the 51st state.

Tom Carper, the now-retired Delaware Democrat, as chief sponsor of legislation that would make the District the 51st state ... residents of the District of Columbia are denied that right in ...