Aur Beck joins Tom Miller in the studio to talk about Heartland People Care, a new charitable giving intiative.

Environmental Director for the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission Tyler Carpenter 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.