Volkswagen

GOP defends state subsidies in ‘New Detroit’; southern states gave auto firms tax-breaks and cash for training.

Governor Jennifer Granholm is busily touting several new ventures that she says will create 7,500 jobs — but she’s also admitting defeat in the state’s attempt to bring Volkswagen to Michigan. One lobbying group blames state leaders for the bad roads and deteriorating infrastructure which it says scared VW off.

Granholm’s administration played up a Dow-Kuwait [...]