Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Daniel Howes
Commentary: GM plant gives state chance to recharge

Any way you frame it, General Motors Corp.’s move into the clean, 21st-century battery business is a big win for a place badly in need of one.
Metro Detroit is likely to emerge from the process with the first battery pack assembly plant operated in [...]

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Union members no fan of Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker
Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News
In the homes of many a United Auto Worker, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker from Tennessee is a household name — and not in a good way.
"He’s a sell-out," said Bill Bagwell, a second-generation auto worker who drives a [...]

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
GM critic Sen. Corker praises automaker during 2007 Saturn plant visit
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
One of Detroit’s critics during the auto bailout debate, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is coming to visit the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this afternoon.
Corker plans to visit the General Motors Corp. display around 3 [...]