Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A construction worker balances atop a roof. States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower ...

For Congress, work on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is done. But in state capitols, the work has not yet begun. Many of the tax changes in the federal reconciliation act flow through to state ...

CLIMATEWIRE | It seems almost too good to be true. But the Energy Department says one step by states would help the United States reduce future carbon emissions by nearly 2 billion metric tons and cut ...