State Representative John Bradley spoke with Tom Miller over the phone this Wednesday morning. Bradley spoke about the stopgap measure for the state budget, and to clear the air on how this measure is only giving a fraction of much-needed funding to services. schools. and higher education.

Former Carbondale Police Lieutenant Paul Echols joins us to discuss his book, In Cold Pursuit, about the hunt for serial murderer Timothy Krajcir and the Nine Angels scholarship developed for criminology and criminal justice majors at SIU-Carbondale.

Illinois State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) joins The Morning Newswatch.