Tag: Manufacturing

Manufacturers ask to be deemed ‘essential infrastructure’ to avoid shutdowns

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2020 8:47 pm

Honda freezes US production as automakers scramble to address virus

Sean Higgins · March 18, 2020 3:21 pm

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, told President Trump to "get back to work" after the president praised his own response to hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

De Blasio says federal government should take ownership of ‘crucial factories and industries’ to combat coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · March 14, 2020 3:28 pm

Pandemic accelerates push to move supply chains out of China

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2020 4:00 am

$In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 file photo, tanks and pipes move product through the MarkWest Bluestone Gas Processing Plant in Evans City, Pa. The notion of banning fracking is emerging as a key campaign issue in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.$ Columnists

Pennsylvania unions and CEOs launch pro-energy campaign to counter environmentalists

Salena Zito · March 12, 2020 4:50 pm

Pressure builds on White House to roll back tariffs to stem economic fallout from coronavirus

Sean Higgins · March 10, 2020 11:06 pm

In this April 15, 2014 photo, workers assemble blender bases at the Vitamix manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of manufacturing activity for April on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Report predicts Illinois economy will lag behind Midwest, nation

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2020 5:00 pm

A June 25, 1999, file photo shows an enlargement of the U.S. Postal Services stamp depicting Rosie the Riveter, in South Portland, Maine. A group wants to preserve a portion of the old Willow Run bomber plant and house a museum there dedicated to aviation and the countless Rosies across the country. Save the Bomber Plant officials have until Thursday, May 1, to raise the remainder of the $8 million needed to save the plant from demolition.

Original ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dead at 95

Zach Halaschak · March 5, 2020 8:33 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives at the Capitol in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Kennedy threatens to bring down major bipartisan energy bill over amendment blocked by GOP leadership

Abby Smith · March 4, 2020 9:14 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, a covered vehicle sits in part of the new paint shop at Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The Institute for Supply Management issues its U.S. manufacturing index for July on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Georgia House approves lower refund interest rate for large businesses

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2020 2:00 pm

Ivanka Trump honored for ‘singular leadership’ in helping manufacturers

Madison Dibble · February 7, 2020 11:56 am

Ohio still waiting on Trump’s manufacturing revival

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2020 4:00 am