MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Everyone has said it. Mortgage rates would shoot right through the roof as the Federal Reserve kept on hiking short-term interest rates. The common wisdom was that the two were linked as closely as two tango dancers. They always moved ...

Until statewide standards are in place regulating the use of automated traffic control systems to enforce the law, state Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, would like to prohibit cities and counties from using them altogether. Senate Bill 719 would prohibit ...

The American Bar Association House of Delegates, the association’s policy-making body, will meet on Monday, Feb. 13, to discuss, debate and decide association policy on a number of urgent legal and public policy issues. The 550 delegates in the House ...

Eclipsed by compact discs, and nearly forgotten by major retailers in this age of iPods and digital music, the vinyl record is nonetheless enjoying a resurgence in popularity, fueled in part by nostalgic baby boomers and teens attracted by the ...

While addressing Kansas City’s capital projects backlog in 2005, the Capital Improvements Management Office set a new record. CIMO ended the year with 117 projects under construction and 135 projects in design. It set goals of 100 projects under construction ...

Construction trade groups are praising an “agreement in principle” to reduce tariffs on cement from Mexico, saying it’s a good step toward reducing shortages and lowering building costs. The agreement, announced by the U.S. Commerce Department last week, will reduce ...

Republicans state lawmakers Sen. Chuck Gross and Rep. Sally Faith are working on legislation that would exempt contractors from paying sales taxes on building materials used in state road projects. The two legislators, both from St. Charles, said the exemption ...

It’s no secret that moisture problems and “toxic mold” are big concerns in single-family residential construction. But what about condominium towers and other multifamily development? At least one national expert is weighing in on the construction risks associated with those ...

In a David and Goliath type tale, an Illinois jury awarded an events promoter $90 million – most of it in punitive damages – against one of the nation’s largest entertainment promoters, Clear Channel Communications of Chicago. The 10-person jury ...

Since Rob Duncan suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident in Baltimore last month, relatives and friends in his home state of North Carolina have been anxious for daily updates on the 16-year-old’s condition. But his mother, Cathy ...

As women achieve greater income parity with men, earn more college degrees and are placed in more upper-level management positions, more marketing professionals are paying attention to the female voice when they plan advertising campaigns. Women represent an economic powerhouse, ...