State Senator Dave Luechtefeld spoke with Tom Miller this morning to talk about the impending deadline of the spring legislative session for the state budget and the speculation whether the Senate will pass the budget sent by the House.

Mark van der Maas, an assistant professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work, joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller sits down with Dr. Bachir Farah, an Oncologist and Hematologist with SIH, as well as Jennifer Badiu, Systems Director for the SIH Cancer Institute in Carterville.