Kankakee Times

People retake government: Stunning election win by Chinese battery plant opponents

By Mark Glennon | Nov 13, 2023

Even left-leaning Politico had to acknowledge it, their headline being, “How a tiny town sent a big message to China — and Biden.”

Demand answers from Illinois officials on Gotion’s links to Chinese Communist Party and its grossly over-subsidized Manteno project

By Mark Glennon | Oct 3, 2023

On September 8, Governor JB Pritzker announced the state’s deal with Gotion, a Chinese company, for construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Manteno, southwest of Chicago.