On today's show (Live, Local & Progressive's six-year anniversary episode):
– Darlene Duggan, head of Anticruelty
– State Rep. Robyn Gabel, 18th District
– John Shaw, director of The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).