Ohio has become the fifth state to require photoelectric smoke alarms in new homes. In the state’s first official acknowledgement that traditional ionization alarms are insufficient, new building ...

Snowmass will re-address its wildfire mitigation code in the coming months, looking to expand upon recent state mandates. The state in June drafted a Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code requiring all ...

Developer Waldo Jaquith has launched a public beta of Virginia Decoded, an astonishingly user-friendly presentation of his home state’s code. It’s the first iteration of Jaquith’s open-government ...

In November 2011, industry consultant Robert DuPont urged the head of the newly created state Department of Safety and Professional Services to continue the state's tradition of using advisory ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday called on state lawmakers to eliminate nearly one-third of the Ohio Administrative Code, saying it’s unneeded and makes it unnecessarily difficult for ...