Leslee Holliday, wife of St. Louis Cardinal Matt Holliday, joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch to discuss her visit to Southern Illinois as a speaker at the Southern Illinois Women's Fair, coming up on Aug. 6.

Republican State Sen. David Luechtefeld joins us to discuss potential changes to the school funding formula in Illinois.

Tom Miller discusses the State Budget Address, which had no mention of funding for higher education, with SIU President Randy Dunn.