[caption id="attachment_6954" align="alignright" width="300"] Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens[/caption]

Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens join Tom Miller in the studio.

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.

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R, IL-12) joins The Morning Newswatch.