Officials meet with GM chief over plant closing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ohio officials in Congress have met in Washington with General Motors’ chief executive in their bid to keep a northeastern Ohio assembly plant from closing.
GM announced last week that it will stop making the Chevy Cruze at its Lordstown plant by March and is considering closing the plant for good. It is part of a massive restructuring for the Detroit-based automaker.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown say they urged GM’s Mary Barra