Car Allowance Rebate System (2009)

The manufacturing sector received positive economic news this week. Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since August 2009. Overall auto sales increased 20 percent from a year earlier to...

“The gentleman or lady who called in and said that they wish the paper would print more on the Ravens must not be reading the paper right, because almost every day I see something in there about the Ravens. And just now, in today’s paper, I...

Over the next few days, the Emmet County Fairgrounds will become a hub of activity as it fills with carnival rides, food vendors, animals and thousands of people. The Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair kicks off Saturday, Aug. 18, and runs through Sunday, Aug....

So long “hope and change”; hello “forward.” Huh? That’s exactly my reaction. President Obama and his team of strategists have released their 2012 campaign slogan. We long ago answered Gov. Palin’s question, “how&...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama’s hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering...

I’m in a bad mood this morning. It’s the only way to make New Year’s resolutions — to be in a bad mood. Because that means that most of my resolutions will pertain to the actions of other people, not me. For one, I’m done...

Last of three parts No car, no work. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('div#series-box h4.last').html('Map: Alternatives for poor buyers'); }); That's the conclusion Lisa Twombly reached as she fought to hang on to her job as a caretaker for an...

November's sales pace, the best since Cash for Clunkers-fueled summer 2009, had 2011 and 2012 models averaging 75 days to sell, which is down from October's 93 days and November 2010's 83 days. Typical of year-end months, the gulf between......

Here's what we have our eye on today: Total car sales for January came in at about 900,000 units, an 11% increase from last year, according to Automotive News. That puts the U.S. auto industry at a seasonally adjusted annual......