Michael Roberts sits down with SIU President Randy Dunn to discuss a new 5% increase in tuition for new students, various fee increases approved by the Board of Trustees, and the controversy surrounding Gov. Bruce Rauner's upcoming appearance at graduation on May 16th.

 

Carbondale Police Department Community Resource Officer Randy Mathis joins Robert Thies in the studio on The Morning Newswatch

 
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Abraham Lincoln historian and presenter Kevin Wood joins The Morning Newswatch.

 
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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.

 
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