Annette McMichael, Communications Director for Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (S.A.F.E.) joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss the appeals process for an injunction on fracking that was denied in Madison County Circuit Court.

IHSA basketball and football official and clinician Aaron Wright joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller and IL State Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) discuss the legislature's decision to spend $5b in federal funds during the state's ongoing budget crisis.