Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced a bill yesterday that would allow D.C. to spend its money when and how it wants and set its own fiscal year. more ›

Prince Harry will be in town on May 7 to receive an award for his humanitarian work. more ›

A prominent pro-life group has said that it will oppose a D.C. budget autonomy bill unless it includes language prohibiting the use of local funds for abortions. more ›

Six students from area universities were arrested yesterday on Capitol Hill during a protest for D.C. budget autonomy and statehood. more ›

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is set to introduce legislation that would allow D.C. to spend its money when and how it wants. more ›

In the year since 41 residents were arrested on Capitol Hill during a protest for D.C. voting rights and self-determination, the city has seen slow and uneven progress towards budget autonomy. more ›

Incumbent Shadow Senator Michael D. Brown headed off a challenge from a well-financed opponent, winning the Democratic nomination in yesterday's D.C. primary. more ›

It was on this day 51 years ago that the Ohio became the 38th state to ratify the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution, which allowed D.C. residents to vote in presidential elections. more ›

D.C. Shadow Senator Pete Ross was released from the D.C. Jail last night after spending six hours of a day-long sentence he requested behind bars. more ›

Pete Ross, a candidate for the D.C. shadow senator seat, was sentenced to a day in jail today for blocking traffic during a December protest on Capitol Hill. But unlike most other such cases, Ross didn't try to avoid jail time. In fact, he insisted upon being sent there. more ›

It's been over 200 years since District residents have been denied the basic democratic rights afforded to other Americans, so we shouldn't be beyond thinking outside the box when it comes to solutions. more ›

A group of D.C. voting rights activists are protesting Republican Arizona Rep. Trent Franks' Glendale district office this afternoon over legislation he's introduced on the Hill that would prohibit abortions in the District after 20 weeks. more ›

First it was Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). Then Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. And now it's Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) who has added his name to the list of Republicans that seem sympathetic to the District's demands that it be able to spend its own money without having to jump through the usual congressional hurdles. more ›

Raleigh, North Carolina's Heads on Sticks came about as a side project of Birds of Avalon's bassist David Mueller. An established musician and producer in his own right, Mueller sought to explore the psychedelic sounds that have influenced him. "I wouldn't know where to start," said Mueller when asked to ascribe a genre to this project. Kindred spirits are hard to nail down, but upon listening it's difficult to not draw comparisons to fellow Raleigh natives Future Islands. Maybe it's something in the water? more ›

In a letter sent to the Republican House leaders earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell came out in support of budget autonomy for the District. But it doesn't come without a catch -- he indicated that while he supports the right of the District to spend its own money without congressional interference, he still backs a restriction on the use of local funds for abortions. more ›

President Obama's sudden support for a measure that would allow the District to spend its own money (and thus avoid future threats of a shutdown) is a big deal, but some D.C. voting rights advocates are stressing that his actions have to speak louder than his words. more ›

President Obama has included language in his 2013 federal budget that would allow the District to spend its own money when and how it wants. more ›

"Suck it, Washington, D.C. Suck it dipped in Tang." Yep, that just about sums up how we're feeling after Newt Gingrich figured that a moon colony was more deserving of statehood. more ›

Today Wikipedia and other sites have gone dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. Call your representatives and senators to let them know how you feel! Oh, right. more ›

A trip to New Hampshire to lobby for D.C. statehood that was postponed by snow in the Granite State has been rescheduled for January 27. more ›

The protesters on a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights have an idea for a new District office that would lobby for and protect legislative and budgetary autonomy. And Adrian Parsons looks as unwell as ever. more ›

Via WJLA, the AP reports that of the four protesters that were engaged in a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights, only one remains. more ›

Four D.C. voting rights protestors, including the organizer of a week-old hunger strike, were arrested on Capitol Hill during a rally against anti-abortion language in a federal budget resolution. more ›

Well, damn it. Despite Martin Austermuhle's protestations yesterday, the federal government still looks like it's creeping toward running out of cash and going into shutdown mode. Hooray. Bad news for D.C. more ›

It's Wednesday, and Congress has yet to finalize and vote on an omnibus federal spending plan. You know what that means -- if something isn't done by Friday, the federal government could shut down, taking with it the District's government. more ›

A group of four protestors associated with the Occupy D.C. movement took their prolonged hunger strike to Capitol Hill today in hopes of getting a rider preventing the use of local funds from paying for abortions removed from a federal budget bill. more ›

It's yet another eviction for the Occupy Wall Street movement, as police in Baltimore removed 40 people that had been camped out near the Inner Harbor for the last 10 weeks. According to the Baltimore Sun, the eviction went smoothly and no arrests were reported. more ›

The three protesters that launched a hunger strike yesterday for D.C. voting right and self-determination are planning on trying to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in hopes of having him introduce a clean bill granting the District budgetary autonomy. more ›

The last time that the District saw a substantial victory in its fight for voting rights, self-determination and statehood was 1973, when the city was given limited Home Rule. Three protesters are hoping that the next big victory comes much more quickly -- because they'll be fasting until the District gets it. more ›

Yay! It's Repeal Day, the day on which we celebrate the 1933 constitutional amendment to abandon the wrong-headed policy of prohibition. Everywhere but in the District, that is. more ›