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Are suburban housing policies intentionally limiting housing options for parents with children to keep school costs low?

Department store owners are beginning to forgo mall venues in favor of standalone stores, which offer greater flexibility.

On the campaign trail, Bush promises to protect the country's wetlands.

Mountain House, CA promises the same elements that other new towns have for decades--pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, varied architecture, affordable homes with efficient access to employment. Will this one be able to deliver?

Partners for Livable Communities releases a list of livable places for the decade.

USA Today profiles the efforts of a couple in rural Palmett, GA to manage growth through transfers of development rights.

Across the nation, there is growing resistence to eminment domain.

For the last year, Houston has been trying to prepare its drivers for light rail, but already there have been 15 accidents since January 1.

Colorado's Roan Plateau is home to one of the state's richest collections of plants and wildlife, as well abundant natural gas reserves.

The big-box retailer still can't crack the California market.

New Los Angeles landmark is causing neighbors' temperatures to rise--literally.

For the first time in 30 years, California is attracting a smaller share of new immigrants.

Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council touted by some as a national model for metro-wide cooperation.

This article highlights the need for regional or metropolitan solutions to large scale urban problems.

Residents continue to inundate fire-prone areas of the west even after last fall’s devastating fires claimed 25 lives and more than 3,600 homes

U.S. cities and states are rewriting zoning codes for second housing units -- often called 'granny flats'.

A national pornography chain is opening 'adult superstores' in freeway-adjacent, smaller midwestern communities with lax zoning laws.

Suburbs boom in the nation's new "low-SPF Sunbelt.

Cities across the nation are collectively facing hundreds of billions of dollars in desperately needed repairs and upgrades to storm and wastewater systems.

EPA reports that despite nationwide efforts there have been no overall air quality gains in the last decade.