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Stories by Laetitia Thompson include:

• 11/10/2000: Radio Story - Republican senators say they want to gain control of a tied Senate chamber. The Republican caucus elected one of its most outspoken and conservative members as its candidate for President Pro Temp, Cape Giradeau Senator Peter Kinder.
• 11/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Republican senators say they want to gain control of a tied Senate chamber. The Republican caucus elected one of its most outspoken and conservative members as its candidate for President Pro Temp, Cape Giradeau Senator Peter Kinder.
• 9/28/2000: Radio Story - Planned Parenthood's efforts to get state funds for family planning came before Missouri's Supreme Court. But the case will also decide if the state can sue the state.
• 9/28/2000: Radio Story - Planned Parenthood's efforts to get state funds for family planning came before Missouri's Supreme Court. But you could say its become a legal conflict of interest.
• 9/13/2000: Radio Story - Republican Floor Leader Steve Ehmann took his last stand on the Missouri Senate Floor. But, Ehlmann didn't leave quietly.
• 9/13/2000: Radio Story - The Senate GOP leader is calling on the Senate to take a stand on a gambling company's refusal to obey Gamming Commission subeonas.
• 9/ 7/2000: Radio Story - The battle is over who is going to pay the lawyers. One of the state's most outspoken Republican senators says the Attorney Generaal made an unconstitutional contract with a private lawyer.
• 9/ 7/2000: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments from five separate interest groups hoping to intervene in the state's $6.7 billion tobacco settlement. Representing individuals, hospital owners and even the city of St. Louis, lawyers argued they could intervene and proceed with their individual court cases against the tobacco companies.
• 8/31/2000: Radio Story - A dozen Democratic office holders came to the defense of Gov. Mel Carnahan on his record against methampehtamine.
• 8/31/2000: Radio Story - Missouri Democrats spoke against a John Ashcroft campaign ad that accuses Mel Carnahan of a weak record in the fight against methamphetamine production. The collection of Democratic sheriffs, prosecutors and lawmakers say the ad is simply dishonest.
• 5/11/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Senator Wayne Goode successfully deflected opposition from rural senators worried about increased administration costs.
• 5/10/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Senator Lacy Clay says the proposal will not only provide housing but will also train individuals to build those homes
• 5/10/2000: Radio Story - St. Charles Senator Ted House says the convention center will not compete with the one in St. Louis.
• 4/25/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis County Senator John Schneider says he proposed the bill because eight years is not enough time to gain adequate experience.
• 4/20/2000: Radio Story - Senate approved a measure increasing Medicaid nursing home reimbursements with tobacco money
• 4/20/2000: Radio Story - The Senate approved a proposal to increase the foster care budget by $1.5 million.
• 4/18/2000: Radio Story - Irate Mexico Senator Joe Maxwell says he proposed the cut to force the agency to disclose provider bids for consolidated health care.
• 4/11/2000: Radio Story - Senate Republican Leader Steve Ehlmann and St. Louis Representative Charles Troupe came to the agreement one week after Troupe called Ehlmann a racist.
• 4/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Black legislatures and the Eastern Missouri ACLU team up to put a stop to racial profiling.
• 4/ 6/2000: Radio Story - Two days after Representative Troupe called Senate Republican Leader Steve Ehlmann and St. Charles County racists on KMOX radio, each chamber heard a remonstrance chastizing Troupe.
• 4/ 4/2000: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon did not join nineteen other states in the federal lawsuit and now does not know if he will file a Missouri lawsuit against the technological giant.
• 3/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Republican Senator Betty Sims says she wants to reform female prisons in Missouri
• 3/ 9/2000: Radio Story - President Pro Temp Ed Quick says the membership upheaval caused by impending term limits makes it the perfect time to cut back membership in the House
• 3/ 7/2000: Radio Story - The state's leading Bush supporters say the campaign's website greatly increased volunteer recruitment and fundraising.
• 3/ 7/2000: Radio Story - After months of delay, the governor finally reveals who he supports in the Democratic presidental race on the day of the Missouri primary.
• 3/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Bucky Bush says that although his brother's family dominates politics, he and his side of the Bush clan work at the grass roots level
• 3/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Bond says the Bush campaign can now begin to direct its attention from McCain and towards Gore
• 3/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Liability increases from two thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars for both property damage and personal injury.
• 3/ 2/2000: Radio Story - The Senate passed an amendment to a judicial bill requiring sex offenders and violent felons to provide permanent DNA samples to the state.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - The same day St. Louis Senator Lacy Clay announced his candidacy for US Congress he sparked debate over racial profiling under drunk driving legislation.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Danny Staples says he will not allow any license plate bills in his committee to reach the Senate floor in response to abortion debate over a "Respect Life" license plate.
• 2/24/2000: Radio Story - Debate began after Republican Rolla Senator Sarah Steelman proposed creating a "Respect Life" license plate supporting the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion support fund.
• 2/22/2000: Radio Story - The only black Republican legislator says the law could be used as an excuse for racial profiling.
• 2/17/2000: Radio Story - Mexico Senator Joe Maxwell says his bill will give stiff penalties for defrauding and intimidating senior citizens.
• 2/10/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Senator Harry Wiggins says volunteer athletic officials need to be protected from abusive parents.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon and former U.S. Senators Tom Eagleton and Jack Danforth say downtown St. Louis needs the sales tax to survive.
• 2/ 3/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Representative Bill Boucher and Springfield Representative Craig Hosmer are working together to ban GHB
• 2/ 1/2000: Radio Story - Kansas City Representative Marsha Cambell faced skeptical opposition when she introduced a bill making driving and talking on a cell phone punishable for up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
• 1/27/2000: Radio Story - In a surprising move, Democratic Senator Harold Caskey has proposed lowering the legal blood alcohol limit from .10 to .08 after killing similiar legislation last year.
• 1/25/2000: Radio Story - New Senate Bill proposes to lower the speed limit for truck drivers in Missouri. Truckers could be limited to 65mph on rural areas and 55mph in urban areas.
• 1/20/2000: Radio Story - Both Senate and House Committees moved quickly this week to figure out what ought to happen to tobacco settlement money worth a projected 6.7 billion dollars.
• 1/18/2000: Radio Story - Democratic and Republican senators disagree on how Missouri's tobacco settlement money ought to be used.
• 1/13/2000: Radio Story - Democratic Senators voice concern over a law lowering legal blood alcohol content limit from .10 to .08.