The 88th General Assembly
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Mississippi to land another auto plant?

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger is reporting this morning that Germany's Volkswagen AG and Italian automaker Fiat are contemplating expansions to the Southeast, possibly to Mississippi. No word from Gov. Barbour's office or the Mississippi Development Authority, but the article reports that one of the reasons Toyota chose Mississippi as the site of its newest Highlander manufacturing plant this year was due to the trust established by keeping talks quiet.