Adam Andrzejewski with For The Good of Illinois joins us to talk about the hearings into the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative and Attorney General Lisa Madigan's role in the troubled anti-violence program.

Community activist Marie Franklin joins The Morning Newswatch.

David Yepsen, Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU stops by The Morning Newswatch to talk about the fallout from last week's election results, and how Illinois voters are in opposition to an extension of the temporary tax hike