WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: CHIPS Investment Expected to Nearly Double U.S. Production Capacity of Sensor and Power Chips at Bloomington, Minnesota Manufacturing Facility Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its first award under the CHIPS Incentives Program's Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities of up to $123 million in direc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.6 million grant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Cass Lake, Minnesota, to support the Tribe's wild rice production industry. This grant will construct a 6,100-square-foot rice processing facility on Tribal land that would enable the  more