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Stories by Francie Krantz include:

• 3/13/2000: Radio Story - A Senate Committee narrowly approved a measure that would require trigger locks on newly manufactured weapons.
• 2/28/2000: Newspaper Story - A bill currently under review in the state legislature would clean up solvents at abandoned dry cleaning sites, but might indirectly affect the consumer.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - A bill currently under review by a House committee would prohibit cities and other political entities from suing gun manufacturers.
• 2/21/2000: Radio Story - Senator Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis is sponsoring a bill that would restrict high-cost home loans.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Republican Senator Peter Kinder wants to allow private institutions to charter public schools.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Only two female committee members opposed a bill that would make drivers with .08 blood alcohol levels guilty of a misdemeanor.
• 1/31/2000: Radio Story - Children who were adopted would be able to access their original birth certificate after the age of 18 under a bill passed by the House Children and Families Committee.
• 1/26/2000: Radio Story - Several members of the House Children and Families Committee are questioning a proposal by St. Charles Rep. Charles Gross to ban daycare on riverboat casinos.
• 1/24/2000: Radio Story - Republican Senators John Russell and Larry Rohrbach want to limit the Department of Revenue's ability to release personal information from motor vehicle records.
• 1/17/2000: Radio Story - One of the top-ranked candidates for Missouri's House Speaker has dropped out of the race.
• 1/12/2000: Newspaper Story - Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis County, and a couple other legislators are calling Columbia "Infanticide City" in the wake of last year's Partial Birth Abortion Debate.
• 1/12/2000: Radio Story - The hiring of Senate Majority Leader Ronnie DePasco's nephew by the state ethics commission raises questions of whether or not DePasco was involved.
• 12/14/1999: Newspaper Story - Cole County Circuit Court Judge Byron Kinder has heard important cases during his long tenure and enjoyed them.
• 12/ 7/1999: Newspaper Story - The rate of default on student loans in Missouri is on the rise this year, while the national rate is on the decline.
• 11/24/1999: Newspaper Story - The sentence hearing for Sen. J.T. "Jet" Banks, D-St. Louis, was delayed for the second time in two weeks due to health reasons Wednesday.
• 11/18/1999: Newspaper Story - Three top budget and education lawmakers said Thursday there is no impending legislation that would thust post-tenure review on the University of Missouri system
• 11/16/1999: Newspaper Story - A senior lawmaker proposed Tuesday to bring toll roads to Missouri in the wake of a highway department budget crunch.
• 11/ 4/1999: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Commission on Affordability of Higher Education finalized its draft report Thursday.
• 10/26/1999: Newspaper Story - The annual Mansion SPOOKtacular, hosted by Gov. Mel Carnahan, will take place Wednesday night at the Governor's Mansion
• 10/21/1999: Newspaper Story - Gov. Mel Carnahan said this week that preschool helps better prepare students, especially from lower income families, for kindergarten
• 10/14/1999: Newspaper Story - Secretary of State Bekki Cook unveiled the millenium edition of the Blue Book Thursday.
• 10/12/1999: Newspaper Story - State Auditor Claire McCaskill released a report Tuesday that found various inconsistencies in the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act (CAFA)
• 10/ 7/1999: Newspaper Story - Rep. Scott Lakin, D-Kansas City, is considering taking a closer look at UM spending practices in the wake of a budget crunch.
• 9/30/1999: Newspaper Story - The State Board of Education is considering a relaxation of regulations in the public school accreditation process
• 9/23/1999: Newspaper Story - A federal lawsuit filed by the US Dept. of Justice on Wednesday against big tobacco won't affect Missouri's state settlement
• 9/21/1999: Newspaper Story - House Speaker Steve Gaw appointed a committee to study school violence and child safety on Tuesday
• 9/16/1999: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate voted to override Gov. Carnahan's veto on a partial birth abortion ban Thursday, and abortion-rights advocates vow they will fight the new law in court.
• 9/14/1999: Newspaper Story - Rep. Bill Luetkenhaus, D-Josephville, accused Gov. Carnahan and his allies of promoting a fear of violence about the partial-birth abortion bill.
• 9/ 2/1999: Newspaper Story - Jeri Renee Leisure was unable to witness her husband David's execution