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Stories by Karyn Dest include:

• 5/16/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri legislature approved a resolution authorizing funding for a new MU arena, but the governor says he's not sure he'll sign it.
• 5/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The latest congressional district maps leave Gephardt out of Saint Louis City.
• 4/11/2001: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers will say how safe Gephardt's district will be.
• 4/ 2/2001: Newspaper Story - The House Higher Education committee approves a reversal of a 130-year old ban on the term "tuition" in the UM system.
• 3/ 8/2001: Newspaper Story - A House committee approved a proposal to require more time before evictions.
• 2/19/2001: Radio Story - Senator Wayne Goode is co-sponsoring a bill to set up a commission to restore Capitol with original designs.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The state highway commission approved the location and design of Missouri's first highway tunnel.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - House Republicans propose a constitutional amendment for replacing the Highway Commission with a governor-appointed Secretary of Transportation.
• 1/31/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate rejected a House resolution that would have prevented a pay raise for lawmakers.
• 1/31/2001: Radio Story - By an overwhelming vote, Missouri's House has rejected a pay plan for legislators, statewide elected officials and judges.
• 1/29/2001: Radio Story - Secretary of State Matt Blunt releases a bipartisan election commission report. Recommendations include extending Election Day to eleven days, allowing early voting.
• 1/29/2001: Radio Story - Secretary of State Matt Blunt released a report from a bipartisan election reform commission. Eliminating so-called "butterfly punch ballots" was among the recommendations.
• 1/29/2001: Radio Story - Secretary of State Matt Blunt asks the legislature for five million dollars in matching funds for local election boards.
• 5/12/1999: Radio Story - The governor says he will veto a pension increase for state employees, including lawmakers. Democratic lawmakers were especially surprised by the governor's announcement because they overwhelmingly supported the increase.
• 5/ 5/1999: Radio Story - The bill, which passed both the House and Senate, goes to the Governor. Under the law, juvenile sex offenders under twenty-one would have to register with county officers.
• 4/26/1999: Radio Story - Eighty-four school districts across the state will receive grants that will help lower pre-school tuition costs for parents.
• 4/20/1999: Radio Story - St. Louis county Senator Franc Flotron called for a meeting between Mayor Conrad Bowers of Bridgeton and Mayor Clarence Harmon of St. Louis to discuss Lambert Airport expansion plans.
• 4/13/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate moved one step closer to passing a bill Tuesday that would give harsher sentences to criminals who use hate as a motivation for choosing their victims.
• 4/ 5/1999: Radio Story - Missourians decide whether cell-phone users will pay an extra fifty cents per month for better 911 emergency service.
• 3/29/1999: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate rejects a proposal to prohibit social promotion in schools.
• 3/29/1999: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate rejects a proposal to prohibit social promotion in schools.
• 3/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Broadcast legend Walter Cronkite talked with journalists at Missouri's state Capitol on Tuesday.
• 3/ 2/1999: Radio Story - A House bill would allow parents to find out background information such as criminal records on childcare providers.
• 3/ 1/1999: Radio Story - Lieutenant Governor Roger Wilson announced he will not seek reelection.
• 2/22/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Catholic Conference is hoping Governor Carnahan will commute the sentence of another death row inmate.
• 2/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Hundreds of home schooled students arrived in Jefferson City to protest Representative Bill Skaggs' bill that would require testing for home schooled students.
• 2/ 8/1999: Radio Story - At least one state lawmaker expressed disapproval of flying American flags at half-staff in honor of Jordan's late King Hussein.
• 1/26/1999: Radio Story - St. Louis representative proposes bill to legalize public breast feeding.