Illinois Policy Institute Communications Director Diana Rickert joins Tom Miller to talk about what the state's new stopgap spending plan does, and what it doesn't do.

Tom Miller speaks with Dr. Russell Friedman of the Grief Recovery Institute (https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/) about what happens when a person loses a pet, and what that person should do in order to deal with the emotion.

Illinois State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) joins The Morning Newswatch.