Ahead of updating the city’s guiding documents and plans, Tupelo officials have agreed to revise its fire prevention and protection rules alongside its building regulations.

When people think of city government, they often picture smiling mayors shaking hands with people or elected officials ...

New details are emerging about conditions at the Nob Hill Apartments in the weeks and months leading up to a deadly fire this ...

Kudos to Wednesday Journal and reporter Brendan Heffernan for the excellent Feb. 25 story on years of code violations preceding the big fire at the North/Taylor mixed-use building. It was based on the ...

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Town of Ashland City is encouraging all residents to take part in a communitywide “Spring Cleanup Initiative” to address common codes violations. Led by the Ashland ...

The homeowner of 323 Seabreeze Ave. is grappling with a code violation, after the previous owners installed fake grass without the proper permits.

Cities and municipalities are preparing legal challenges against ICE detention centers, focused on zoning, infrastructure and federal laws.

Whether it’s the mayor, Nob Hill landlords, or their displaced tenants, a fire at the Syracuse apartment complex has left all parties in a state of ...

Policing, fire, homelessness, traffic safety and healthy housing were front and center of discussion at Hendersonville City ...

Zohran Mamdani begins his tenure as New York City’s mayor with Executive Order 11, restaurant owners feel relief from ...

Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the company and local communities, commissioners said.

One person died, 2 were hospitalized and more than 50 people were displaced by the early morning fire in the city's largest ...