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Blue Springs Highway 9 in danger

Clay Chandler — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:08 +0000

Legislation that has cleared the House and sits in a Senate committee would essentially kill any chance Mississippi Highway 9 north of Blue Springs had of broad development related to the Toyota plant. Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, filed House Bill 791, which would make Mississippi Highway 9 in Union County ineligible for money under the Economic [...]

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Toyota starts second shift making the Corolla in Blue Springs

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:27 +0000

BLUE SPRINGS — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc. has started a second shift at the plant in Blue Springs. The second shift began Monday as Toyota ramps up production at the plant that opened last fall. The plant is manufacturing the Corolla and has a maximum production capacity of 150,000 cars each year. It has [...]

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Toyota opens plant

Clay Chandler — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000

The Toyota facility in Blue Springs held a “line-off” ceremony Nov. 17 to celebrate what amounted to a delayed grand opening. It was a celebration nearly five years in the making. The star of the show was a black Corolla that was built on Oct. 24, when production started. It will reside in the lobby [...]

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Read the November 21st issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:23:52 +0000

In this week’s MBJ — THE COLLEGE BUBBLE: Amy McCullough takes a look at whether a college education in Mississippi is even relevant any more. Also in this week’s paper: >> THE HILLS ARE ALIVE! Find out what shocking discovery Toyota ran across in its first Corolla to come off the line at the new [...]

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Miss. economic head: No politics in site selection

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:49:09 +0000

By SHELIA BYRD JACKSON — Lawmakers are asking the head of Mississippi’s economic development agency why the Delta and the southwestern part of the state are often overlooked for major industrial projects. Gray Swoope, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, told members of the House Ways and Means Committee last Tuesday that industries have [...]

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Back in business

Clay Chandler — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:21 +0000

After announcing no immediate plans to finish the Blue Springs plant in 2009, Toyota made amends in 2010 with plan to open After about 18 months in recession-imposed limbo, Toyota announced in June that it was resuming preparations to open its facility in Blue Springs (“Toyota resumes prepping for Blue Springs plant,” MBJ June 17). [...]

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Cartoons – June 28, 2010

For the MBJ — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:01:32 +0000

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Toyota resumes prepping for Blue Springs plant

Clay Chandler — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:43:56 +0000

After about 18 months in recession-imposed limbo, Toyota announced this morning that it is resuming preparations to open its facility in Blue Springs. According to a press release, Toyota hopes to have the plant, which was announced in February 2007 but put on hold indefinitely a year and a half ago, operational in the fall [...]

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Toyota may recall more vehicles

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:30:15 +0000

TOKYO — Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems — another blow to the world’s largest automaker already reeling from a string of recalls for safety problems. Company president Akio Toyoda, meanwhile, said he won’t be attending the U.S. congressional hearing on the automaker’s safety lapses, [...]

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Toyota in Turmoil

Clay Chandler — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:01:31 +0000

Experts mixed on future of Blue Springs plant The wave of recalls that have created a public relations crisis for Toyota took direct aim at Mississippi last week when the automotive company announced that the 2010 Prius hybrid was being recalled because of problems with its antilock braking system. Prius joined a handful of other [...]

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