(TNS) — An effort to speed up Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s ability to process building permit applications is scheduled to begin next month, city officials say. To that end, DPP ...

Getting a permit in Cleveland has come with a ritual so familiar it earned a nickname: the crawl. Applicants would show up at ...

After leading Sonoma County’s permitting and planning department on an interim basis since late July, Scott Orr has been named its permanent director. Orr, 40, succeeds former director Tennis Wick who ...

The Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior Department are losing permit writers and experts central to the president’s agenda. President Donald Trump’s gutting of federal agencies could undermine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. Efforts to streamline federal permitting processes related to ...