Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs (D) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Steve Brown is the spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. He joined Tom Miller in the studio this morning to discuss Illinois' 11th month without a budget and answered questions pertaining to the polarization between Speaker Madigan and Governor Bruce Rauner.

Collin Cliburn, an organizer of The Illinois Separation Movement, joins The Morning Newswatch.