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President Joe Biden is launching a new initiative to encourage biotech production and research in the U.S., the latest move by the White House to boost domestic industry.
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Wisconsin waits for CHIPS chance while feds look for specialty construction jobs 
While President Joe Biden attended a groundbreaking Friday for a $20 billion Intel computer chip factory in Ohio, Wisconsin and other midwestern states have yet to announce federally funded semiconductor projects that could yield thousands of jobs in manufacturing and construction.
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Read More »Biden touts manufacturing at Intel groundbreaking
President Joe Biden is putting the spotlight on a rare bipartisan down payment boosting U.S. manufacturing as he visits the Ohio groundbreaking of a new Intel computer chip facility.
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Read More »What President Biden didn’t mention during his visit to Wisconsin
During President Joe Biden’s Labor Day visit to Milwaukee’s Labor Fest, he touted his accomplishments to date, including a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. What he failed to mention is that his administration is imposing anti-competitive policies that almost exclusively benefit one category of construction workers over another.
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Read More »Biden praises unions during Labor Day stop
During a stop in Milwaukee on Labor Day, President Joe Biden praised union labor, saying they "built the middle class."
Read More »Biden administration awards $1 billion for economic projects
President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing on Friday $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors that will go to 21 regional partnerships.
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Read More »Biden headed to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh on Labor Day
President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, about two months before the election.
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Read More »Twin Metals sues Biden administration to regain mine leases
The developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota sued the Biden administration Monday to seek the reinstatement of federal mineral rights leases that are crucial to the $1.7 billion project.
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Read More »AGC survey: Federal proposal for government projects worth $35 million or more will hurt contractors, small-business owners
The head of a nationwide contractor association said on Thursday that a new federal rule for project labor agreements for federal projects worth $35 million or more would place burdensome restraints on contractors and hurt disadvantaged construction businesses.
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Read More »Sunrun CEO Powell sees need for more rooftop solar
As the head of the nation's largest rooftop solar installer, Mary Powell has a stake in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax credits to make rooftop solar cheaper.
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