Intel

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.

Intel’s $20 billion investment just east of Columbus promises thousands of jobs and economic benefits for Central Ohio. It’s a massive commitment from the state and company to deliver on these promises.

State officials and Intel leaders have said federal funding is needed for expansion of the newly announced computer chip manufacturing project in central Ohio. But Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Senator said it likely won’t be a bipartisan measure.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, host Mike Thompson discusses the opposition to legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Center for Christian Virtue Policy Director Dave Mahan joins the show.

The Ohio Supreme Court is now mulling motions to throw out the revamped state legislative district maps. We’ll tackle that and look at the state incentives for the $20 billion dollar Intel project in Licking County on our Weekly Reporter Roundtable.

A look inside the incentive package given to Intel that convinced it to put a semiconductor chip production center here in Ohio.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the possible incentives Ohio used to land the $20 billion investment from Intel and what the political ramification might be.

Intel will invest at least $20 billion in a new manufacturing complex in central Ohio in an effort to ramp up U.S. production of computer chips.

Intel officials say the package that was offered put Ohio at the top of a list of 40 states vying for the project.