Todd Goodman is the CEO of Timberline Fisheries in Marion. Timberline ships live pet food all over the world. Todd joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss how a business in Marion grows at the rate at which Timberline has grown.

SIU Associate Professor of Politics Ken Mulligan joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller speaks with Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti about Gov. Bruce Rauner's task force which seeks to find governmental bodies which can be consolidated. Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti leads that task force.