Author: Senator Donne E. Trotter

  • Trotter: Promising Job Creation and Economic Signs Begin To Surface

    Some promising signs of job creation and economic progress have begun to surface in Illinois recently. This week, Ford Motor Company made an announcement that their corporation will invest about $400 million and add 1,200 jobs at two local production plants in Chicago. They made the decision to shift production of the next-generation Explorer SUV from its Louisville plant to our South Side facility by the end of the year and strengthen operations at another facility in Chicago Heights.