Legislation giving the WA premier more power to approve "priority" projects has passed parliament. The State Development Act gives Roger Cook and a government-appointed bureaucrat powers to approve ...

Google released on Thursday a “reimagined” version of its research agent Gemini Deep Research based on its much-ballyhooed state-of-the-art foundation model, Gemini 3 Pro. This new agent isn’t just ...

Western Australia's beautiful natural environment creates a perennial headache for governments: how to balance environmental protection with the desires of an insatiable resources industry that keeps ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom quelled a rebellion among Pacific Palisades homeowners over the summer when he blocked the building of duplexes in the wildfire-scarred community. Now, he’s facing the squeeze from ...

After years of city planning, debate and delay, the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday is poised to approve sweeping new development standards along the Mississippi River that would loosen height ...

Houston, with its liberal zoning regulations and soaring population, has always attracted residential developers, placing it among U.S. cities with the most new home construction. Here's a list of ...

Standards make everyday life run smoothly. You rarely notice them: the credit card that works in any corner of the world, the Wi-Fi signal that connects a remote village to the cloud, or the vaccine ...