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How do state officials attract big companies like Ford? Here’s how it usually happens in Virginia.

Last month, Gov. Glenn Youngkin withdrew Virginia from consideration for a Ford Motor Co. battery plant over concerns about Ford’s ties to a Chinese company. The plant could’ve created 2,500 jobs in Virginia, had it located here.  This decision, which sparked backlash from some and support from others, prompted questions about the process of recruiting […]