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And I'm not sure why Justin's getting ahead of Jerry here because if you knew Jerry like I knew Jerry, Jerry doesn't like when people get ahead of him publicly or privately.

Well, Justin Ishbia decided that he would go to an event hosted by Crain's Chicago Business.

And it was an event late last week, and it was an event where he talked about this new stadium.

And Crain's Chicago Business did an article about this, and Ishbia had some very, very strange quotes.

He said it is not, quote, "a foregone conclusion that the White Sox would even leave Guaranteed Rate Field," saying that Jerry Reinsdorf has the sole decision about whether there'll be a new stadium.

According to Crain's, Ishbia said, "If the White Sox decided to leave, and that's a big if, not for sure, how many would love to have roughly 80 acres available for a public conversation about what to make with it?" Why is he talking that way? I started thinking to myself, very interesting.

The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel in Illinois has nearly doubled since this time last year.

Crane's contributor Judith Crown joins us now to talk about how that increase is impacting businesses beyond the ones that are getting the most headlines.

Hi, Judith.

Hey, good to be here.

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Juleosco's parent, Albertsons, seeks over $9 billion over its busted Kroger deal.

And Crain's John Pletz joins me to unveil a turnaround in cannabis sales.

One of the reasons they're hopeful that you'll continue to see growth is that there's gonna be a ban, uh, you know, uh, essentially a ban on what they call intoxicating hemp, you know, or hemp-derived products that have really undercut the, the legal cannabis market.

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And that part's just, that's the fun part.

But what's super interesting in the timing of our interaction, there is a, what I consider a wonderfully written article in Cranes that just came out this morning.

And it's about a lot of this adaptive reuse.

And we're seeing it all across the country.