Paula Bradshaw, the Green Party candidate for Illinois' 12th Congressional district, joins us to discuss the campaign and the upcoming debates.

Michael Gauch is the superintendent of the Harrisburg Community Schools District Unit No. 4. He spoke with Tom Miller about the lack of funds K-12 schools in Southern Illinois has received and whether schools like those in Harrisburg will stay open in the 2016-'17 school year.

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) joins The Morning Newswatch.