Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) –  Springfield Business Journal Publisher, Michelle Ownbey talks with Joey McLaughlin on the WTAX Morning NewsWatch about this week’s big business stories.

A Springfield company is asking the city for $2.6 million in TIF revenue to help renovate the long-vacant former AT&T building downtown so it can be rented as office space to house more than 300 government employees.

The Springfield City Council unanimously passed a zoning change April 15 that would allow for construction of a housing complex to serve residents with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Wienerschnitzel, a fast-food chain that specializes in hot dogs, is hoping to find a franchisee that will allow the company to expand into Springfield and throughout central Illinois.