Claire McCaskill

WASHINGTON — The plot thickens for the government-backed bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler and the questions surrounding Washington’s new role in the industry grow tougher.

What has been a whirlwind restructuring for the two former auto giants slowed Wednesday afternoon as the…

Dave Sinclair

WASHINGTON — Dave Sinclair, the well-known St. Louis auto dealer, had reason to forego a trip to Washington for conference today on the problems plaguing American manufacturing.

Sinclair, 81, is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed last month with cancer and getting around Washington can be…

Russ Carnahan

WASHINGTON — Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, said today that the big bankruptcy today would lead to a “stronger, leaner Chrysler.”

He hopes. He hopes, too, that the Fenton plant is part of the future of the new Chrysler-Fiat merger taking place.

“This is going to…

Biden at Fox High on Oct. 30

President Barack Obama will visit Fox High in Arnold this week, marking the second time a member of the administration has visited the school in the last several months.

In October, Vice President Joe Biden, then…

WASHINGTON — Some lawmakers are seeing positive signs as the ink dries on a new auto partnership even as the future of the Fenton assembly plant remains murky after the Obama administration rejected both the Chrysler and GM restructuring plans today.

Chrysler formed a deal…

WASHINGTON — As the Tuesday deadline approaches for the Obama administration to evaluate auto makers’ restructuring packages, Democrats from  Missouri and Illinois are pushing to save 5,000 jobs at a Chrysler plant near St. Louis.

In a letter to Steven Rattner, a top adviser for President Obama’s…

The now-idled Chrysler mini-van plant in Fenton

Before he was even sworn-in, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon promised to make a push to reclaim some of the auto jobs the state has lost as the nation’s Big Three car makers fight to stay…

Bond

U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, who is helping lead the Capitol Hill push to send a lifeline to the struggling car industry, was in Fenton today, talking to auto workers nervous about losing their jobs.

“Right now hundreds of thousands of Missourians…

Jill Biden will have company when she watches her husband debate Republican veep nominee Sarah Palin tomorrow tonight.

Marie Williamson of Potosi, a United Auto Workers member laid from the Chrysler plant in Fenton, will sit with Joe Biden’s wife during the VP…

Democrats have practically set up a branch office in Fenton, where officials from Jay Nixon to Jon Tester have gone to draw attention to job cuts at the local Chrysler plants.

Today, members of United Auto Workers Local 110 will hold a news…