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Steve Brown, spokesman for the Speaker of the Illinois House, Michael Madigan, joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss current state politics, including the senate's school funding bill.

Tom McNamara is with the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group. He joined Tom Miller in the studio this morning to discuss the heroin and meth epidemic, among other harmful drugs, in Southern Illinois.

Illinois State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) joins The Morning Newswatch.