Category: Morning Newswatch Podcasts

Joey McLaughlin talks with Springfield Ward 5 Alderman Andrew Proctor about the city council meeting.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough is the most power person in Washington that few people have heard of.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Krista Lisser from the Central Illinois Food Bank about the U.S. Postal Service and Feeding America’s annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive happening this Saturday.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Policy Associate at the Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Rebecca Osland about a bill working its way through the legislature that would bring hemp back to Illinois farm fields.

Hoping Trumpcare does for them what Obamacare did for Republicans at the ballot box, Democrats have seized on the House repeal and replace bill, even as Republicans insist fans of the collapsing healthcare exchange are deluding themselves.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Denise Corcoran-Schainker about a fundraiser coming up this weekend for the organization that has people rappelling down the side of the Abraham Lincoln Hotel in downtown Springfield.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Horace Mann’s Digital Media Manger, Rebecca Hagerman about how the Springfield company is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week by giving away an Apple a day.

It was quite the domestic debut at the theater for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2″ which collected $145 million, the total global take at this point is more that $400 million. Meanwhile the term ‘summer blockbuster when referring to movies, might be an outdated term.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Dr. Nilesh Goswami and his daughter Rehka about the Prairie Heart Institute and HSHS St. John’s Hospital donation of a cath lab to Damoh, India. You can hear more about his story and help raise the money to ship the lab at his GoFundMe page. You can also help by purchasing a t-shirt by messaging Monica.

Joey McLaughlin talks with Nan Kording at the Illinois Times to see what activities can get you out of the house and into the sunshine this weekend.