Michael Gauch is the superintendent of the Harrisburg Community Schools District Unit No. 4. He spoke with Tom Miller about the lack of funds K-12 schools in Southern Illinois has received and whether schools like those in Harrisburg will stay open in the 2016-'17 school year.
Mount Vernon mayor Mary Jane Chesley joins us in studio.
Michael Roberts discusses the latest developments in the race for the White House with David Yepsen, Executive Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, who is currently working in Iowa before the Iowa Caucus.
State Representative Jerry Costello II (D) joins The Morning Newswatch.
