UPDATE: Power was restored about 1 p.m. Ameren spokeswoman Susan Gallagher told the Associated Press that a black snake that slithered between two cables near the Capitol was the culprit.

During the outage, staffers, lobbyists and visitors were forced to…

JEFFERSON CITY — As the Legislature has been ramping up in the final month, so has the Jefferson City tweeting.

If you’re getting annoyed with all the talk of Twitter, move along to the next post.

But in Jake Wagman’s last post about Twitter, a commenter asked which legislators have Twitter accounts. Below is a list, although probably not comprehensive, of the Missouri public officials I…

Bryan Pratt

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives today passed Speaker Pro Tem Bryan Pratt’s bill criminalizing what it calls abortion coercion.

The debate, which once again got a bit personal, lasted about an hour.

“Please join me to reduce the number…

In one of the first steps toward getting down to business, the House of Representatives passed the rules that will govern their body today.

Although the debate was heated at points, the tone of the discussion perhaps foreshadowed the success —…