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When Johnson County last June considered property tax incentives for a proposed $95 million manufacturing facility, officials encountered unexpectedly intense opposition. “Why is Johnson County funding China? This is incredibly concerning,” said Debbie Detmer, a far-right regular at county meetings. She was among a handful of residents who voiced objections to the project last summer over fears the company has ties to the Chinese government. County commissioners approved the incentives anyway and the company, Cnano Technology, moved forward with developing a 333,000-square-foot facility in the......

BELVIDERE, Ill. — President Joe Biden came to Belvidere on Thursday to celebrate the restarting of the idled Stellantis plant and tout his role in supporting the United Auto Workers, whose strike negotiations made it possible. In a speech before a jubilant crowd of union autoworkers at the Boone County community center, Biden, who became the first sitting president to join a picket line last month in Michigan, donned a red UAW/Belvidere T-shirt in a show of solidarity before delivering his address. “The Belvidere Assembly Plant was the beating heart of this community for nearly six decades, ju......

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and Stellantis NV have reached a tentative agreement toward ending a 44-day strike, according to a source familiar with the information. The agreement, whose wording is being finalized, mirrors the economics of the tentative deal the union reached with Ford Motor Co. earlier this week, according to the source who only could speak on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to do so publicly. It also includes product allocation for most U.S. plants, including vehicle assembly at the Belvidere, Illinois, assembly plant that Stellantis idled ear......

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — The United Auto Workers said Monday it has expanded its strike of the Detroit automakers to Stellantis NV's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, adding 6,800 members to picket lines and dealing another blow to the automakers' profitable truck plants. Workers at SHAP make Ram 1500 trucks. The week before last, the UAW significantly expanded its unprecedented simultaneous strike of all three U.S. automakers when it took down Ford Motor Co.'s largest and most profitable plant, Kentucky Truck, which builds Super Duty trucks. UAW President Shawn Fain warned in a public barg......

MANTENO, Ill. -- On a recent weekday afternoon, Kevin Fregeau sat at the bar inside the Back Forty Saloon on Main Street, pondering what’s ahead as plans move forward on the state’s largest-ever investment in electric vehicle battery production, a plant that could create 2,600 jobs in the village. Will there be enough housing for all those workers in a town of about 9,000 people, 40 miles south of Chicago? Would the area be equipped to safely handle the hazardous materials required for lithium battery production? And then he raised one more question: What about the plant’s ownership ties to Ch......

Unemployment agencies in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri say they’re preparing for what may be an uptick in unemployment claims as the ripple effects of the United Auto Workers strike lead to layoffs in other plants and among suppliers. On the first day of the targeted strikes at Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis plants in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio, secondary effects were already beginning to work their way through the supply chain. Ford announced Friday afternoon that it would temporarily lay off 600 workers at the company’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne. Striking individuals......