Scott Sifton

This week, the Politically Speaking trio welcomes back state Sen. Scott Sifton. The Affton Democrat won election to the Missouri Senate in 2012 in a hard-fought race against then-Sen. Jim Lembke, R-Lemay.

Renewed efforts to change Missouri’s law on school transfers look pretty much the same as the bill vetoed earlier this year by Gov. Jay Nixon, but…

State Sen. Scott Sifton became the first Democrat to jump into the 2016 race for attorney general. In an e-mail this weekend to supporters, the Affton…

With a veto of the school transfer bill all but certain, Missouri lawmakers who worked on the wide-ranging legislation say they hoped a compromise could…

(Updated at 6:12 p.m.)House and Senate negotiators have wrapped up work on a final version of a bill to ease the burden of Missouri’s student transfer…

Five identical bills that would each revamp Missouri's student transfer law were examined Wednesday by a State Senate committee.Senate Bill 485, Senate…

Democrats may be deciding between "fight or flight" when it comes to taking on state Auditor Tom Schweich in November.Last week, state Rep. Jay…

We've discussed next month's veto session at length, but most of the talk has centered on the House. What will the Senate's role in September be, should a bill come out of the House? Will Senate Democrats filibuster legislation? We also discuss the school transfer situation, as the Senator's district encompasses two of the receiving districts. Sifton has sponsored legislation that would cease all lobbyist gifts, so we close it out by discussing the possibility of serious ethics reform in the state legislature.

Just weeks away from its implementation, the Kirkwood School District held an informational meeting Tuesday night to answer questions from parents and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 10, 2012 - If incoming Sen. Scott Sifton dines at a tony restaurant or spends an afternoon at a…