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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: Tourists Weigh In On Springfield; Pipeline Jobs; Norb Andy's Is Back

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  Sean Crawford talks with the State Journal-Register's Tim Landis for our weekly business report. 

This week:

* Oil pipeline jobs: 600 to 800 in Jacksonville area as work begins on Dakota Express Pipeline; campgrounds, RV parks booked up for a few months at least; oil is supposed to flow by end of year; pipeline will carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois.

* Tourism survey: Springfield Convention Visitors Bureau/U of I finds visitors like our history, family friendly activities and affordability; not such much when it comes to outdoors, scenery (apparently not fans of corn and soybeans) and entertainment.

* Norb Andy's: New owner (who also owns the building) going to try try again with longtime political hangout; fifth operator in a little more than five years.

*Illini Bank/United Community Bank: Two of oldest banks in the region are merging after Illini shareholders rejected earlier merger with Morton Community Bank.

Read the latest stories Tim is working on in theSJ-R.

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