Sean Crawford talks with the State Journal-Register's Tim Landis for our weekly Business Report.
This week:
* Panhandling Ordinances: Two constitutional challenges to Springfield's moves to reduce panhandling in the downtown area. We talk about the fact "aggressive" panhandling is still against the law.
* Booming Casey's: Iowa based convenience store is closing in on 2,000 locations, including a new one in Springfield and one under construction in Lincoln; nearly 100 under construction or contract this year. We discuss why Casey's has done well.
* Lincoln Heritage Area: Bipartisan legislation in Congress would add Livingston County, and Lincoln-Douglas debate sites in Freeport and Jonesboro to the existing 42-county area; local Looking for Lincoln folks said would "complete" the area, but no extra money coming.
* Carpenter Street Underpass: First $20.3 million piece of rail consolidation to open in August. It will also improve hospital access.
Read the latest stories Tim is working on in the SJ-R.
