David Gerczak is president of the Small Businesses of Fantasy Sports Trade Association. He spoke with Tom Miller over the phone about the pending legislation aiming to regulate and tax fantasy sports betting and to explain the SBFSTA's mission to protect fantasy sports.

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

Former State Sen. Dave Luechtefeld joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch.