Illinois State Representative and State Senator-elect Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Rend Lake Conservancy District Executive Director Keith Thomason joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch to talk about how business is going for the district's water treatment plant and recreation facilities.

Sharee Langenstein, an attorney and prominent Republican speaker, joins us to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court and two cases in particular, one regarding the contraceptive mandate, the other involving the unionization of home health care workers in Illinois.