Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

SCHENECTADY — Christopher Lunn was hired five years ago by Mayor Gary McCarthy to overhaul the then-beleaguered code enforcement bureau that was reeling from a fatal high-rise apartment building blaze ...

Columbus City Council updated city code at the end of June to make it easier to have a pollinator garden. Still, some homeowners growing native plants are facing code violations. City officials say ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With some of the oldest housing stock in the country, the Buffalo Common Council is proposing some changes to step up property maintenance and code enforcement. For Buffalo Common ...

New changes to the Greenwood Municipal Code will allow Greenwood Code Enforcement to act quickly to issue tickets to semi drivers and property owners that allow them to park in areas the city doesn’t ...

Kalispell city councilors appeared unwilling on Monday to hire a code enforcement officer despite warning the municipality lacks the resources to effectively enforce its code. Councilors during the ...

A branch of the American Civil Liberties Union sued Sonoma County Wednesday over what the civil rights organization called the “runaway” and unconstitutional use of drone surveillance in the county’s ...