On this return from the Independence Day holiday, Harrisburg superintendent Michael Gauch spoke with Tom Miller about the stop gap budget approved by lawmakers and Governor Rauner last week. Gauch explains more on what schools in southern Illinois are expecting out of this measure.

 

Illinois State Senator Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) joins The Morning Newswatch.

 
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Carbondale Interim Police Chief Jeff Grubbs stops by The Morning Newswatch to discuss policing the City of Carbondale, and the relationship the citizens of Carbondale have with officers after the recent events in Ferguson, MO and New York City.

 
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Tom Miller discusses the backlog of unpaid state bills with IL Comptroller Leslie Munger.

 
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