Dan Long, executive director of the Illinois Council on Government Forecasting and Accountability, joins us ahead of his appearance tomorrow at Saluki Stadium with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

Tom Miller and Roger Twenhafel of Twenhafel Farms in Gorham discuss grain, more specifically, certain types of grain which are involved in the process of brewing beer. These grains are becoming more popular with the rise of microbreweries.

Dr. John Jackson, a visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU Carbondale, joins The Morning Newswatch.