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Economy & Business

WUIS/SJ-R Business Report

Each Tuesday, the State Journal-Register business editor, Tim Landis, joins WUIS' Bill Wheelhouse to discuss the latest business news in central Illinois.Airs Tuesdays at 4:45 PM and Wednesdays at 7:45 AM on 91.9 and the stream at WUIS.org.

Business Report: Esquire Theater Future, Ross Isaac Closes And Joe Rogers' Chili To Re-Open

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford

Published May 20, 2014 at 4:54 PM CDT

Tim Landis, Business Editor of the State Journal-Register, joins WUIS' Sean Crawford for this week's business report.

They discuss how the clock is ticking for the former Esquire Theatre property at MacArthur Boulevard and South Grand Avenue, news involving a pair of restaurants and a court weighs in on Ameren's big project for a transmission line across central Illinois.