Michael McHaney, a candidate for Illinois' Fifth district Appellate Court in the June Republican primary, joins The Morning Newswatch.

Dr. John Jackson with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss the changing landscape of Illinois politics with the incoming administration as well as the nature of the two-party system in American Politics.

Walker's Bluff's Cynde Bunch and Emily Burke join Tom Miller in the studio.