AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more ...

Two fatal fires in the state within a week — which left a total of five people dead, including two children — have brought the number of people who died in a fire in Connecticut so far this year to ...

Connecticut officials are considering a change to state building codes that would allow some residential buildings to have only one way to exit, rather than two. The proposal would allow new buildings ...

Residents’ concerns about whether their affordable housing complex in Southeast Portland meets fire-safety codes led to a city investigation that found that the development was approved shortly before ...