SIU President Randy Dunn stopped by the studio to discuss the higher education funding plans debated by state lawmakers, as well as the recent graffiti on SIU's Faner Hall regarding a protest organized by an anonymous student group.

 

Dr. John Jackson, visiting professor at SIU's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, joins The Morning Newswatch.

 
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Mary McCorvie, an archeologist with the US Forest Service, joins The Morning Newswatch to talk history of Southern Illinois.

 
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Stephen Green, Republican candidate for Williamson County Resident Circuit Judge, joins Tom Miller in the studio.

 
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