UAW, Stellantis reach tentative contract deal, reports say
The deal reached Saturday is expected to match Ford’s 25 percent average pay hikes and a commitment to reopen the idled Belvidere, Ill., assembly plant.
DeSantis turns to companies that deal with the state to help boost campaign funds
As Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign dealt with widely publicized financial strains and some prominent mega donors signaled they were closing their checkbooks, the Florida governor turned to people with an incentive to stay on his good side: businesspeople, lawyers, lobbyists and others whose employers or clients have financial interests before state government.
Many obliged.
Campaign finance reports filed this month show dozens of contributions from executives with Florida Power & Light Co. and Juno Beach-based parent company; leaders of gambling operations owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida; and officials with the GEO Group, a private prison company based in Boca Raton.
The latest contributions from people who own or work at businesses whose fortunes rise and fall based on state actions were first reported by Seeking Rents, an investigative newsletter that focuses on the way business influences public policy in Florida.
The issue: DeSantis “wields enormous leverage over people and businesses in Florida who want favors from his administration,” Seeking Rents said.
Minn. group's ads take on dealership ‘horror stories'
A new campaign for Apple Autos in Minnesota features customers bragging to friends and family that they “didn’t get screwed” while buying a new vehicle.
Stellantis offers to restart Belvidere plant, add battery facility
The move would be a huge win for Belvidere and for Illinois, which has been working to convince the two big legacy automakers in the state, Stellantis and Ford, to keep building vehicles there.
UAW ‘home run' carries big price
A deal that boosts top wages to more than $41 an hour by 2027 and restores much of what the UAW gave up over the past two decades will increase labor costs by $850 to $900 per vehicle, Ford said.