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The ceremonial groundbreaking, which had been set for July, had been put off when the CHIPS Act stalled in Congress.

This was supposed to be a week where President Biden celebrated a series of legislative victories. But it was overtaken by news that FBI agents had searched the home of former President Donald Trump.

Intel officials, who want to build a massive chip processing facility in Central Ohio, said passage of that federal bill is crucial for them.

Republican and Democratic officials in Ohio are calling on Congress to pass a new version of what was the CHIPS Act to subsidize semiconductor plants.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger could shift future investments overseas if a $52 billion subsidy for chip manufacturers fails to pass in Congress, impeding the company's growth in Ohio.

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade and allowed states to regulate abortion once again, just like they could back in 1973. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss what this means for a state whose leaders strongly oppose abortion rights. Jo Ingles, a reporter for the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau, joins the show.

Intel has indefinitely delayed a groundbreaking ceremony for its $20 billion semiconductor factory in New Albany. The company blames inaction in Congress for the delay.

Ohio's new capital budget sets aside up to $2 billion in cash incentives for Intel’s megaproject in Licking County. Some policy advocates and government officials think it falls short of promising jobs to Ohioans and protecting the state if the project fails.

Before Intel can break ground on two semiconductor chip factories, it needs to be approved for that permit from the Ohio EPA. That’s because the project will destroy some wetlands.

Intel and the National Science Foundation are contributing a combined $150 million to create training programs to support semi-conductor chip manufacturing in Ohio and around the country. Higher education institutions in Ohio will receive $50 million to create training programs.