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.

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R, IL-12) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller speaks with IL State Senator Dave Luechtefeld (R-Okawville) about the ongoing budget crisis in Springfield, and the efforts lawmakers are putting forth to solve it.