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Stories by Emily Goodin include:

• 5/ 6/1998: Newspaper Story - For the second year in a row, Senate Republicans filibustered the governor's plan to expand medicaid coverage for children's health care.
• 4/30/1998: Newspaper Story - Acupuncturists and massage therapists are two of the many professions seeking licensing before the General Assembly.
• 4/15/1998: Newspaper Story - Opponents of a tax deduction for private school students unsuccessfully tried to remove it from the Senate's major tax-cut bill Wednesday.
• 4/13/1998: Newspaper Story - Men who don't register with the Selective Service wouldn't be eligible for state jobs or scholarships under a bill being considered by legislators.
• 4/ 1/1998: Newspaper Story - The bill would reduce House membership by 60 but the committee chair concedes there's not enough time for it to pass.
• 3/30/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri voters could put an extra fee on cell phone users under a bill being considered by the state legislature.
• 3/25/1998: Newspaper Story - The bill to let death row inmates trade their kidneys for the lives ran into stiff opposition in committee - despite the international attention the idea has gotten.
• 3/25/1998: Newspaper Story - The House approves a program to forgive loans to students who take jobs in Missouri.
• 3/11/1998: Newspaper Story - A House Committee hears testimony concerning a bill that would make chemical castration a parole requirement for some sex offenders.
• 2/23/1998: Newspaper Story - Members of the Public Service Commission would be elected at lower pay instead of appointed, under a bill being considered by the Missouri General Assembly.
• 2/18/1998: Newspaper Story - Jackson County Prosecutor Claire McCaskill is running for state auditor even though she doesn't hold a CPA degree.
• 2/11/1998: Newspaper Story - A bill that would ban ATM surcharges has been amended to only require ATMs to warn of such charges.
• 2/ 4/1998: Newspaper Story - Chuck Graham proposed a bill that would stop companies from canceling your credit card if you keep it paid.
• 2/ 2/1998: Newspaper Story - In her first appearance before a legislative committee, he wife of Missouri's governor urged passage of a plan to offer daycare servicees at local schools.
• 1/26/1998: Newspaper Story - As allegations regarding sexual misconduct fly around President Clinton, interns at the Missouri State Capitol attended a seminar on sexual harassment.
• 1/23/1998: Newspaper Story - A bill proposed would rid ATMs of surcharges - the fees charged to non-customers.
• 1/ 6/1998: Newspaper Story - On the eve of the new legislative session, Gov. Mel Carnahan highlights the meth issue.
• 1/ 5/1998: Newspaper Story - Drugs, taxes & term limits dominate the 1998 legislative session that begins on the same day a former House speaker goes to prison.
• 5/15/1996: Lobbyists pay $1,000 each to eat with a few dozen legislators (newspaper wrap of Wednesday's legislative developments).
• 5/14/1996: Senate debates killer roosters while other major issues sit on the sidelines.
• 5/10/1996: Tax cuts and abortion will be the top issues for the last week of Missouri's legislature.
• 5/10/1996: Tax cuts and abortion will be the top issues for the last week of Missouri's legislature.
• 5/ 1/1996: Senate votes to end all major welfare programs in the next few years.
• 4/23/1996: Committee hears environmental secrecy protection bill on Earth Day.
• 4/19/1996: Juvenile crime crackdown is costing state money for new juvenile facilities.
• 4/ 3/1996: The House approves abortion regulation bill.
• 4/ 1/1996: The House passed a new scholarship for high school students, but funding for it is in question.
• 3/26/1996: Welfare organization opposes governor's Aging Department plan.
• 3/20/1996: The House and Senate both pass zero-tolerance bills for teen drinking & driving.
• 3/20/1996: Anti-smoking forces charge tobacco industry trying to block local control of tobacco.
• 2/21/1996: The Missouri Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that, if it clears the House, would allow the University of Missouri Curators to throw out one of their own members for absenteeism.
• 2/14/1996: Fear of snakes prompts bill to legalize killing the things.
• 2/ 7/1996: Blue Cross Blue Shield asks legislature to allow it to become profit making.
• 2/ 2/1996: House & Senate committees approve stronger child-immunization bills.
• 1/26/1996: Health Department pushing for stronger immunization laws.
• 1/17/1996: Experts agree with governor that welfare cases are going down in Missouri.
• 1/11/1996: New House speaker described as bright, mild-manner & a policy wonk.
• 1/ 9/1996: Democratic speaker candidate gives up nomination.
• 1/ 8/1996: Black Caucus helps defeat Democratic House Speaker candidate.
• 1/ 4/1996: State treasurer has unclaimed property worth millions.
• 1/ 4/1996: Women lawmakers express confidence Democratic split with blacks wiill not jeopardize chances for electing a woman as majority leader.