FILE - A giant tarp covers a section of rubble where search and rescue personnel worked at the Champlain Towers South condo building, as demolition experts were preparing to bring down the precarious ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...