AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a change to building codes that will soon allow apartments up to five stories tall to be built with only one staircase.

On Thursday, the Austin City Council discussed a way to preventing catastrophic wildfires by making future buildings more fire resistant. City council members moved forward with a plan to change ...

Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more fire-resistant ...

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety is urging L.A. County supervisors to expand the wildfire construction ...