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Ford likes Claycomo but won’t publicly commit (AUDIO)

June 22, 2010 By

Legislators looking for some kind of definite positive public sign from Ford before they start the special session to consider tax breaks for it will not get a definite no or a definite yes.

A Ford spokesman has approached the line but would not cross it.

The basic question is whether Ford will start making a new line of vehicles at the Claycomo plant if the state gives it tax incentives. Ford’s Manager of Corporate Communications, John Stoll, says tax breaks are only one of the things Ford will consider when it decides where to produce one of the several new lines of vehicles it will start building. . [Read more...]

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40 groups to unite to lobby special session (AUDIO)

June 22, 2010 By

Business and labor interests don’t care how it’s paid for–they just want the legislature to pass a bill in the next few days giving tax breaks to Ford although Ford has made no public commitments to keep an automobile line there.

Ford will not continue building Escape SUVs at Claycomo past the fall of 2011. New generation Escapes will be built in Kentucky. Unless Ford starts producing a new vehicle there, the only thing happening at Claycomo will be one shift of workers building F-150 pickups. [Read more...]

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Nixon: legislators asked for early start of session

June 21, 2010 By

Governor Nixon has called the legislature into special session a little earlier than he thought he would. But he says legisaltive leaders suggested this as the time to take up pension reform and an automotive industry economic devleopment bill.

“We jhave kept them in the loop on this and it was the legislative leaders that felt like we should move ahead a little quicker than what I thought.. I certainly think it’s a good sign when a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans ‘le’ts go ahead and get this done,’” he says. [Read more...]

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Special legislative session called (AUDIO)

June 18, 2010 By

Governor Nixon is calling the legislature into session next Thursday to pass two bills. One is an economic development bill aimed at keeping Ford’s Claycomo plant in full operation. The other is a bill changing the state employees pension system in a way that lets the state pay for the tax concessions it would give Ford.

Senate floor leader Kevin Engler expects the session to be a quick one. He hopes an agreement can be made on the two bills before the session starts, letting the House pass the bills to the Senate by Tuesday, the 29th. If that happens, Engler hopes the Senate can send them to the Governor on July 1st and end the special session. [Read more...]

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Special legislative session to convene June 24

June 18, 2010 By

Gov. Jay Nixon today called a special session of the General Assembly to pass legislation to support and strengthen Missouri’s automobile manufacturing and supplier industry.  The session will convene at noon, Thursday, June 24.Nixon’s official call for special session [PDF]

“Automobile manufacturers and suppliers employ thousands of Missourians in every corner of the state, and it’s vital that Missouri remain a hub of automotive production for generations to come,” Nixon says. “As America’s auto manufacturers reconfigure their operations to produce next-generation vehicles, it is absolutely critical that we are able to compete for the auto jobs of tomorrow.  The Missouri Automotive Manufacturing Jobs Act will give us the ability to bring cutting-edge automotive jobs to our state, and I call on the General Assembly to send this important bill to my desk.”

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