Massachusetts’ building codes governing handicapped accessibility are hampering renovations of old housing stock that could ...

The Massachusetts State House. The Department of Energy Resources updated the Massachusetts building energy code in order to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE The Department of Energy ...

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The primary challenge for Vineet Nair and his colleagues is developing the 11th edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code. This requires meticulous review of the 2024 International Code Council ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...

"People with disabilities have paid the price of exclusion for generations," writes one reader. Another: "Identical ...

Boston City Hall passed a fossil-fuel ban this month at city-owned buildings (NewtonCourt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Big things are happening in one of the country’s smallest states. This summer, ...

The Trump administration has canceled $90 million in disaster prevention aid that was set to fund projects in 18 Massachusetts communities, according to Gov. Maura Healey’s Office. Among the new ...

A former city building inspector has been ripped by the State Ethics Commission, which called him out for an “egregious misuse” of his public position when he changed the status of his own building ...

Worcester city councilors on Tuesday considered opting into a state law that requires sprinkler system in new renovated residential buildings with at least four units. Worcester will not adopt an ...