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

A bill that would bar local governments from enacting mortgage lending-related laws is headed to Gov. Jay Nixon for his signature. The state Senate passed House Bill 446 by a vote of 26-7 on Monday.

A lawsuit over the police shooting death of a bulldog — an incident captured in a video that went viral on YouTube — settled for $50,000 the week before trial was set to start.

The American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association will host the 2013 Equal Justice Conference this week at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in downtown St. Louis.

A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia and other ailments died inside a locked nursing facility, and a St. Louis County jury found the facility responsible for his death.

With overwhelming support, the Missouri House today passed revisions to the criminal code. The vote was 150-7.

The Senate version created special fund that would provide additional payments on top of the disease sufferers’ normal disability award. The enhancements would be paid for by an extra surcharge on employers.

A group of small businesses have filed a lawsuit challenging a rule imposed by the Internal Revenue Service under the federal health care law, alleging that the agency exceeded its authority by expanding the law’s employer mandate.

Crystal City High School student Logan Grove, 15, asks a question of judges Wednesday morning during Law Day at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, in St. Louis.

A truck driver who lost his commercial driver’s license following a drunken driving arrest is trying to win it back through an unusual route — last year’s federal health care law ruling.

It’s not clear that the court will go that far. During Tuesday’s arguments, the judges instead focused on the various ways the fund can meet its obligations with its existing funding.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has the right to intervene in a Missouri workers’ compensation case, even though state law doesn’t provide such a procedure.