Sharee Langenstein, an attorney and prominent Republican speaker, joins us to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court and two cases in particular, one regarding the contraceptive mandate, the other involving the unionization of home health care workers in Illinois.

State Senator Dave Luechtefeld spoke with Tom Miller about lack of funding for K-12 schools  and higher education, and whether lawmakers are working on the budget for FY17 while they're struggling with this year's state budget.

Associate Professor of Information Systems Technologies at SIU Tom Imboden joins The Morning Newswatch.