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.

Rojas advocated for the single-stair legislation in 2024 but said the state building code, which is updated every three years ...

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

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.

The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost silent film by Georges Méliès. In an Instagram post, Library of ...

Fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re more than a ...

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 ...

We recently built our own affordable housing project near Fields Corner. One of the biggest challenges to developers of small multi-family buildings like us is the long-standing second-stairwell rule.

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Stairway to havin' (more housing): Gov. Maura ...

There are five locked safes found throughout Grace's sections of Resident Evil Requiem, each of which contain valuable ...