Missouri is one of the few places in the country without statewide building codes, but a bill filed this week in the statehouse would change that. The Missouri Building Codes Act, introduced by Rep.

One of the few states in the union that has resisted dictating building codes, instead leaving adoption and enforcement decisions to localities, is seeing a renewed push to change course. In early ...

The Missouri House initially approved a bill Monday that would prevent municipalities from having any green or sustainable building standards in their codes if it would increase the cost of a building ...