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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: Road Projects, Store Closures

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Tim Landis, Business Editor for the State Journal-register, joins Sean Crawford.

The topics this week include

* Magro Processing in Auburn closing a little less than two months after Magro Meats & Produce opened on Stevenson Drive. Owner Tony Magro says sales plummeted in Auburn after the Springfield opening.

* Sports Authority: Springfield store among 140 to close nationwide after parent company filed for bankruptcy; stores expected to shut down with three months.

* 11th Street-Stanford extension: bids this spring and summer on two projects that have been kicking around for decades; construction later this year.

You can read the stories Tim is working on daily in the SJ-R.

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