by Mike Lear | Sep 16, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
President Barack Obama will be in Kansas City Friday, visiting the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo. The White House says in a press release that he “continue to highlight the progress we have made since the beginning of the financial crisis five...
by [email protected] | Jun 22, 2010 | Business, Legislature, Politics / Govt, Transportation
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...
by [email protected] | Jun 22, 2010 | Business, Legislature, Transportation
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...
by [email protected] | Jun 21, 2010 | Business, Legislature
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...
by [email protected] | Jun 18, 2010 | Business, Legislature, Politics / Govt, Transportation
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...
