With less than a week away from the end of the legislative session, Senator Gary Forby spoke with Leigh Caldwell of WJPF to discuss what he has been experiencing in Springfield the past couple of weeks and the status of the budget recently passed by the House.

Congressman John Shimkus joins Tom Miller on the phone from Washington, D.C.

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) joins The Morning Newswatch.