Rick Linton is with the Rend Lake Tourism Council and Tom Vaughn is Chairman of the Franklin County Board. They both joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss the increased marketing and growth of Rend Lake and surrounding tourist areas to bring further business to the Southern Illinois.

Tom Miller sits down with David Yepsen, Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU to discuss the ongoing impasse between Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration and the IL General Assembly.

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge's Justin Sexton and IDNR's Luke Nelson join The Morning Newswatch.