Rauner to Pantagraph: A Massive Auto Plant Would Vve Come to McLean Co, But...

A massive auto plant would have come to McLean County, but the state's burdensome business regulations stood in the way, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday when he met with the Pantagraph's editorial board. Rauner said a $1.6 billion joint venture between Toyota and Mazda that will employ 4,000 workers in Huntsville, Ala., was bound for Central Illinois — but company officials didn't want to deal with rules that make employees at businesses with labor unions join the union.