Jeanne Whalen

Many of Arizona’s mobile-home parks are experiencing big jumps in rent, deepening financial woes of low-income residents. The spike is tarnishing the economic views of an voters in this swing state, even as Arizona’s economy booms.

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee took a major step toward becoming the first big auto factory in the South to unionize.

A massive grant for Intel will support factory construction in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon. The award is the largest yet from legislation aiming to re-shore manufacturing.

Workers at a Mercedes factory are taking a big step toward unionization by asking federal authorities to organize a factory-wide vote on joining the UAW.

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee could choose to make their plant one of the first big auto factories in the South to unionize after an April 17 vote.

Governors of six Southern states — Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas — said factory employees would risk jobs by joining United Auto Workers.

VW workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., became the first big auto plant in the South to join the United Auto Workers in a victory for organized labor.

UAW President Shawn Fain is a rising star among union members and increasingly Democrats, who see his support as crucial in Michigan, Pennsylvania and other industrial states that could hinge on a few thousand votes.

Schools continue to grapple with balancing students’ free speech rights and maintaining an amicable atmosphere ahead of graduation ceremonies.

Chinese-made electric vehicles aren’t widely available yet in the United States — and may never be after the Biden administration moved to quadruple import tariffs on them, to100 percent. Here are some Chinese EVs that are being shipped out of China.