Joey McLaughlin talks with Springfield Business Journals’ Michelle Ownbey about the weeks biggest business stories.

Memorial Health is reducing its workforce by several hundred employees, citing “national trends, such as the rising cost of supplies and equipment, high cost of labor and shifting trends in payer reimbursements.”

Friday was the last day of operations for Ritz’s on Jefferson Street, but the original Ritz’s Lil’ Fryer on North Grand Avenue remains open.

A Springfield developer is seeking zoning approval that would allow him to tear down Sportsman’s Lounge and construct a 24-unit apartment complex for formerly homeless people in its place.