Marconi Beach and historic area in South Wellfleet is popular with visitors, but the eroding Atlantic Ocean bluff makes beach ...

The General Assembly is expected to pass Senate Bill 298, a lengthy omnibus bill that includes a repeal of the 2024 single-stair exit law.

The most recent stair replacement, completed last year, cost $124,000 and was funded by the Friends of the Cape Cod National ...

Last year, six states eliminated a fire-safety code requiring apartment buildings taller than three stories to have at least ...

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. Their ...

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase.

The Senate's proposed inclusion of an effective ban on build-to-rent housing in a bipartisan housing bill could significantly shrink new home production.

Massachusetts is studying single-stair building codes and zoning reforms to address a projected need for 222,000 new homes by 2035. The commission will review safety, cost, and design impacts. AI ...

Though modern safety measures, such as automatic sprinkler systems, smoke detectors and self-closing doors reduce the risks associated with smoke and flame, they "do not fully substitute for the ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a new executive order to study allowing single stair construction in some residential buildings in an effort to ...

Cape Cod officials have spent $1 million to rebuild a small staircase to the beach - Coastal erosion has forced officials to ...

A yoga instructor was axed from a Manhattan school for repeatedly engaging in “inappropriate” behavior with a 6-year-old student, a bombshell investigation has revealed. Demetrius Napolitano, 31, the ...