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Ford, Stellantis, and now GM again: Auto makers continue to close plants as they reel from a shortage of chips that poses a critical challenge for the sector.

Automakers hope Americans will be willing to switch to battery-powered vehicles, for their trucks' sakes, as they race to bring the first electric pickup to market.

In 2016, support for Donald Trump surged in northeast Ohio. But the 2019 closure of General Motors' plant in Lordstown may have changed residents' views.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden boarded a train from the Downtown Cleveland lakefront Wednesday morning headed for Pennsylvania, with a stop in Alliance, Ohio. He spent the previous night in Northeast Ohio following the first presidential debate, then joined his wife Jill at a morning campaign rally by the Amtrak station.

The state of Ohio is calling on General Motors to refund the state tens of millions of dollars in tax credits in reaction to closing the Lordstown auto鈥�

COVID-19 is still spreading in many communities. Test results can be slow. And quarantines are often unpaid. This leaves workers with tough decisions about what to disclose and when to stay home.

Ohio gave General Motors some $60 million in state tax credits for its Lordstown operation. Now the state's Attorney General is demanding the company pay鈥�

Vice President Mike Pence rode onto the stage Thursday in the newly-unveiled Lordstown Motors electric pickup truck, the Endurance, to deliver a wide-ranging speech to the Northeast Ohio crowd. Among the topics he touched on at the former General Motors plant in Lordstown were the economy, the Trump administration鈥檚 negotiations with China and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. 鈥淲e fought for free and fair trade and the values and ideals that have always made this country great,鈥� Pence said. 鈥淥n every single promise, President Trump delivered for the people of Ohio.鈥�

An old General Motors plant is being retooled to make a battery-powered work truck, the Endurance. The local community is watching closely, hopeful for a resurgence of good jobs.

Ohio officials are weighing whether to force General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives after it shut down an assembly plant in鈥�