Attorneys in a dispute over Springfield’s anti-panhandling ordinance are still waiting to see if a federal appeals court will spare some time to rehear their case. A split panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September upheld the capital city’s ban on asking for money or help in its downtown district, maintaining the practice is not a violation of free speech. But before deciding whether to hear the case en banc, as the panhandlers who filed the initial complaint have asked, the judges could …