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Stories by Elizabeth McKinley include:

• 12/ 2/1996: Radio Story - State to hold lottery for AIDS treatment.
• 10/31/1996: Newspaper Story - Former House speaker indicted for influence peddling with some of the biggest legislative issues this decade
• 10/24/1996: Newspaper Story - Backgrounder on the minimum wage ballot issue.
• 10/ 9/1996: Newspaper Story - Background on Aging Department issue on the November ballot.
• 9/26/1996: Missouri welfare recipients will face cuts starting Oct. 1.
• 9/25/1996: Newspaper Story - Hunger strike starts in effort to free a woman prisoner who said the person she killed was a stalker.
• 9/25/1996: Newspaper Story - Hancock tax refunds delayed another month, at least, by court suit.
• 9/11/1996: Newspaper Story - House sustains governor's abortion-regulation veto.
• 9/ 5/1996: Newspaper Story - SAT scores in Missouri are up, but some say these higher scores are because the test was recentered.
• 8/27/1996: Newspaper Story - Missouri has a year to implement federal welfare reform.
• 5/16/1996: Legislature enters its last day with tax cuts still unresolved.
• 5/14/1996: Senate debates killer roosters while other major issues sit on the sidelines.
• 5/ 9/1996: Senate committee approves tax-cut plan.
• 5/ 9/1996: Senate adds teacher-assault crime to safe schools bill.
• 5/ 8/1996: Tax-cut inaction, budget passage, bill veto & expanded liquor merchandizing rights top Tuesday's legislative actions.
• 5/ 3/1996: Senate committee passes abortion bill, despite governor's veto threat.
• 4/30/1996: Bill to cut income tax dropped in House tops list of legislative developments on April 30 (newspaper story).
• 4/25/1996: House approves a two-cent-per-dollar sales tax on food.
• 4/23/1996: Tax-cut bill dropped in House.
• 4/19/1996: The death of an all-night convenience store clerk prompts legislation.
• 4/16/1996: A House committee rejects constitutional amendment to allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons (newspaper story).
• 4/10/1996: Concealed weapons vote pushed in House despite NRA opposition.
• 3/26/1996: Senate votes to put concealed weapons on statewide ballot.
• 3/ 7/1996: House approves tougher penalties for sex offenders.
• 3/ 5/1996: A House committee hears bill to require inmates to garden.
• 2/22/1996: Senate delays vote on lobbyist gift ban.
• 2/13/1996: The governor's "Safe Schools" plan passes House committee despite Republican opposition.
• 2/ 9/1996: Juvenile workers question value of governor's Safe Schools plan.
• 2/ 2/1996: House committee approves 1/4 cent sales tax cut.
• 1/25/1996: Former House Speaker Bob Griffin resigns.
• 1/23/1996: House speaker Steve Gaw proposed reforms to the Missouri House of Representatives in his opening address.
• 1/18/1996: Governor recommends major increase for higher education budget.
• 1/ 4/1996: Democrats still cannot resolve their House leadership fight.
• 1/ 3/1996: House fails to elect new speaker after blacks refuse to support the Democratic candidate.
• 12/13/1995: Preview of transportation issues in the 1996 legislative session
• 12/ 6/1995: Speaker rejects secret ballot for House speaker.
• 11/29/1995: Governor delays law raising speed limits.
• 11/29/1995: Higher speed limits will boost auto insurance rates
• 11/27/1995: State gas-pump inspectors protect your pocket book & safety.
• 11/ 8/1995: Highway Dept. bond issue plan facing legislative questions.
• 10/25/1995: Highways Dept. to seek bond issue from lawmakers.
• 10/23/1995: It's the season to be on the watch for deer.
• 9/20/1995: Larry Rice continues fast to free a convicted murderer
• 9/18/1995: Public Safety reviews interlock devices for drunken drivers.
• 9/14/1995: Griffin delays plans for resignation.
• 9/ 6/1995: PSC approves SW Bell's video teaching plan.