Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger discusses with Tom Miller the state budget issues and the debt that Illinois faces.

Josh Loyd of Marion joins Tom Miller to talk about his big win on the Food Network's Kid's BBQ Championship.

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.