Some Homeowners Are Growing Native Wildflower Lawns Instead of Grass, And City Code Enforcement Is Sending Letters Calling Them “Overgrown”

It started as a quiet experiment in a small Ohio suburb where mowing lawns every weekend was practically a tradition.

Code enforcement officers are a ‘dying breed’ in Maine. That’s a problem.

If the state wants to increase production to combat its housing crisis, communities need experts to sign off on that work, or ...