U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) joins The Morning Newswatch. 

On this return from the Independence Day holiday, Harrisburg superintendent Michael Gauch spoke with Tom Miller about the stop gap budget approved by lawmakers and Governor Rauner last week. Gauch explains more on what schools in southern Illinois are expecting out of this measure.

Annette McMichael with Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (S.A.F.E.) joins us to explain the group's reaction to the new rules on hydraulic fracturing.