[caption id="attachment_8129" align="alignright" width="300"] Senator Dick Durbin (D)[/caption]

Senator Dick Durbin (D) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss lighter topics regarding the city, including the upcoming Memorial Day ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery. Over 100 years ago, this ceremony was one of the first in the nation to honor those who had died in the Civil War.

John Tillman is the CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute. Tillman joins Tom Miller for a conversation regarding executive orders passed at the last minute by former Gov. Pat Quinn, as well as an executive order passed by Governor Bruce Rauner on Tuesday.