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A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Wall worked during Summer 1997 as a reporter for the Roanoke Times. During Summer 1998, he will work as a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He plans a career in political reporting.

Stories by Lucas Wall include:

• 5/ 6/1998: Newspaper Story - The House of Representatives has rejuvenated efforts to provide tax cuts this year. It took a small Senate tax-cut bill and turned it into a $190 million package Wednesday.
• 4/30/1998: Newspaper Story - A bill that would classify using drugs to have sex with someone as rape is on its way to Gov. Mel Carnahan.
• 4/29/1998: Newspaper Story - Another attempt to pass a tax deduction for parents who send their children to private high schools failed in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
• 4/28/1998: Newspaper Story - Local governments would be able to regulate billboards under an amendment the House of Representatives passed Tuesday.
• 4/22/1998: Newspaper Story - The chief sponsor of an $80 million omnibus Senate tax-cut bill said he will not bring it back to the floor until next week.
• 4/21/1998: Newspaper Story - Missourians stationed overseas could use the Internet to vote under a bill resurrected and passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives.
• 4/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Tax relief for Missourians might be in jeopardy this year. The debate stems from a proposed deduction for parents who send their children to private high schools.
• 4/16/1998: Newspaper Story - For the third consecutive day, opponents of a tax deduction for parents who send their children to private or parochial high schools stalled debate on a $71 million omnibus Senate tax-cut bill.
• 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.
• 4/15/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri's students would have two new ways to pay for college under a bill approved by the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
• 4/14/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate continued debate on its major tax-cut bill of the session Tuesday.
• 4/14/1998: Newspaper Story - Hancock refund recipients who itemized their taxes must pay a percentage back to the federal government.
• 4/ 7/1998: Newspaper Story - A House committee heard an hour of testimony on a Senate-approved bill to require car inspections every three years instead of annually.
• 4/ 7/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved two constitutional amendments Tuesday that supporters say will improve the quality of public schools.
• 4/ 2/1998: Newspaper Story - The House unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would add drugging someone and having sex with that person to the definition of rape.
• 4/ 2/1998: Newspaper Story - The House voted 85-59 on Thursday to reconsider a bill that would allow credit unions to expand and gain new members. The bill is opposed by the banking industry, which says it would allow unfair competition.
• 3/24/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate voted 24-0 to pass a bill that would exempt all food sold at restaurants from the reduced sales tax. Food prepared on site is already taxed at the full rate.
• 3/17/1998: Newspaper Story - Five riverboat gambling companies launch their petition campaign to legalize gambling boats in boats..
• 3/10/1998: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission has allowed two moat-based casinos to continue operating while their constitutionality is determined. The state and city of Maryland Heights will continue receiving about $4 million in taxes from the two casinos.
• 2/27/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate leader on gambling issues sponsors legislation to legalize boats in moats.
• 2/17/1998: Newspaper Story - Voters could decide whether to nearly triple the state excise tax on some alcohol under legislation heard Tuesday by the House Ways & Means Committee.
• 2/10/1998: Newspaper Story - A $120 million property tax cut endorsed by Gov. Mel Carnahan emerged from the House Ways & Means Committee Tuesday.
• 2/ 5/1998: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association is filing a $12 million lawsuit Friday in Cole County Circuit Court against the Missouri Gaming Commission. The suit contends the casinos are being double charged for enforcement of gaming laws and regulations.
• 2/ 3/1998: Newspaper Story - Gov. Mel Carnahan's property tax-cut bills were heard by the House Ways & Means Committee Tuesday.
• 2/ 3/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate Transportation Committee heard a bill Tuesday to lower the state's legal blood-alcohol content from 0.10 to 0.08.
• 1/29/1998: Newspaper Story - Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, has been cleared of unethical conduct allegations by the Missouri Ethics Commission.
• 1/29/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri abortion clinics continue a high level of security following the bombing of an abortion clinic Thursday in Birmingham, Ala. Activitis on both sides condemn the bombing.
• 1/27/1998: Newspaper Story - Legislation proposed in the General Assembly would allow the revocation of licenses of drivers with multiple unpaid parking tickets.
• 1/22/1998: Newspaper Story - Moat-based gambling boats get a two-week lease of life from Cole County's circuit judge.
• 1/21/1998: Newspaper Story - Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder will hear three lawsuits Jan. 22 from six casinos that face possible license revocation for not operating upon the Missouri or Mississippi River.
• 1/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Some of the 70-plus tax-cut bills before the General Assembly were heard in committees Tuesday.
• 1/15/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Attorney General proposes state executions be moved up to early evening from midnight.