Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Vernon’s long-maligned Department of Buildings could face a takeover by New York state in August if it fails to remedy ...

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin Assembly bill to delay enforcement of recently adopted commercial building codes has been vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers. Assembly Bill 450, which would have delayed the ...

The state building and fire code failed to gain legislative approval Tuesday, as the proposal from the Department of Administrative Services came under fire for changes advocates said would make it ...

The natural gas initiative Washington voters approved calls for erasing some of the state’s building codes but that might not happen when the measure takes effect next month. Sponsors of Initiative ...